Burn in time...Reality or something else???

Burn in time is a reality as is listening adaptation.

Chuck

Aaaarrrggghhhhhhhh ..... not again. I think I'm gettting "burned out" on all these burn in threads.

Do a search of the archives there's a recent, very good, thread on exactly this issue.

Well, our ears adapting is reality, too. It's also a well-understood phenomenon, and one not confined to hearing, as you note. On the other hand, equipment "burn-in," if it happens, is not understood at all--no one's ever offered even a plausible hypothesis for how a component (excluding mechanical elements) changes physically that would explain the subjective impressions often reported here. Draw your own conclusions.

Wow Aida w, I thought our sense of smell was the best of all, since bs can be detected a mile away. Again, audiophiles are ready to jump in and say at the mere suggestion of some theoretical possibility of some physical phenomena that they can hear it. Belief is stronger than science. Anyone who thinks he is not prone to self-delusion, is delusional. Some break-in probably does occur in transducers, because of their mechanical nature, the audible significance of which is largely blown out of proportion, the rest is merely speculative talk that will never be tested by objective means because that is sacriligious to subjectivists. Enjoy the tunes any way. From the mif-fi trenches, good day.