Yes indeed, you need a load connected and music playing.
For the life of me, I cannot understand this break-in thing. Not because I am a EE and should refute such "nonsense" but because I am an objectivist who has experienced break-in several times! It is the craziest thing. At this point, I am pretty much certain it is the cable changing in some manner. I have developed a bunch of techincal theories about what might be happening to try to rationalize it. It all makes sense but not in the audible frequency domain, and yet...
Of course, it takes a high level of system resolution to really notice. I couldn't really tell until my system had improved sufficiently - so your mileage may vary.
Arthur
For the life of me, I cannot understand this break-in thing. Not because I am a EE and should refute such "nonsense" but because I am an objectivist who has experienced break-in several times! It is the craziest thing. At this point, I am pretty much certain it is the cable changing in some manner. I have developed a bunch of techincal theories about what might be happening to try to rationalize it. It all makes sense but not in the audible frequency domain, and yet...
Of course, it takes a high level of system resolution to really notice. I couldn't really tell until my system had improved sufficiently - so your mileage may vary.
Arthur