WOW SACD machines really do need time to break in.

As the dependable Bringer Of SACD Doom here's my experience-I tried an experiment on my Sony 900NVS where I only listened at set intervals over a two week period (whilst on constantly) and found that I heard little or no difference.
Sony's are notorious for their long break in periods but despite taking notes I did not find the results many others have.
I have the Police Sychronicity hybrid and doning my cowl yet again report I hear little between that and the CD layer-did you check to see if the CD layer had improved?
Recently in my system I found the same of my Ayre CD player/amp-no detectable change over a few weeks however I put both a new power cord and interconnect in and a few days later I thought I heard a noticeable difference in my system.
What caused it?
I have no firm idea but suspect the Cardas cable.
So I have mixed feelings about break-in and remain sceptical but open minded and think it's really not worth worrying about.
The worst that can happen is that your system will sound as good as the first day you bought it and alternatively it will get better.
I don't even trust my own ears so I'm not sure I should worry about anybody elses!

Seriously, folks, do you really think it fair to judge a format by one of its weakest software offereing? The Police albums? Come on! Great music, for sure, a good representation of what SACD is about, not even close....

Socrates there have been those who have raved about The Police on SACD......................

Really? The "Every breathe you take" compilation SACD is pretty poor, me thinks, as compared to say Allison Krauss:Live, or even Beck and DSOTM, for that matter, just to stick to pop/rock stuff that destroys that Police album sonically.

I don't know if Socrates misunderstood my comment, but i was saying that the Police: Outlandos D'Amour was not worth buying on SACD. No matter how many times you play it or how long you allow the machine to break in, it's still not a great recording. Sean
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