Herman; I'm no chemist so, the how's and why's regarding "calcium oxide shortening filament life" and "...activation of...barium...filament coating." Mean nothing to me. Heck he could be making those words up and I wouldn't know it.
My point is, through two new pairs, I've never heard a noticeable difference after this so-called burn in. Let your ears tell the truth.
While I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the scientists that in theory, these things are true. I don't think it has a practical impact and can be heard through all the real-world daily fluctuations in sound quality happening on a daily basis (electricity quality, quality of the recording, tube quality in other components, needle wear, etc.)
As an analog, that's like saying Google's stock will go up if everyone in the company wrote smaller. In theory, they would use less ink, buy less pens, save on office supplies, expenses would go down, income would go up, market would recognize this increase in productivity and want to own the stock, increasing demand and increasing stock price.
In reality though there's too many other things going on overshadowing the small immaterial impact or, in other words - baloney.
My point is, through two new pairs, I've never heard a noticeable difference after this so-called burn in. Let your ears tell the truth.
While I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the scientists that in theory, these things are true. I don't think it has a practical impact and can be heard through all the real-world daily fluctuations in sound quality happening on a daily basis (electricity quality, quality of the recording, tube quality in other components, needle wear, etc.)
As an analog, that's like saying Google's stock will go up if everyone in the company wrote smaller. In theory, they would use less ink, buy less pens, save on office supplies, expenses would go down, income would go up, market would recognize this increase in productivity and want to own the stock, increasing demand and increasing stock price.
In reality though there's too many other things going on overshadowing the small immaterial impact or, in other words - baloney.