Exactly!! =8^)
Burn in question and evaluation before burn in
We all experienced sound transformation before and after a new equipment or cable is burned in, however, I am wondering if there is a general rule as to which direction any burn in would be heading? Specifically, I am interested to know would sound generally go smoother/darker or brighter/more transparent after burn in? I am thinking if there is such a rule, it would be valuable to know for evaluating products.
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I think we are in full agreement about capacitors - see what Douglas Self has to say; ....well-known capacitor shortcomings such as dielectric absorption and series resistance, and perhaps the vulnerability of the dielectric film in electrolytics to reverse-biasing. No-one has yet shown how these imperfections could cause capacitor audibility in properly designed equipment. The last sentence is a key one - "in properly designed equipment". I think we also agree that it is not safe to assume that everything out there is designed properly and burn-in is necessary for many designs. |
what prompted me to ask the question was that I was frustrated that my new solid state preamp sounded good at first install, but became too bright, and strangely, the tight bass was gone too after a week. Something is not right, IMHO. Check your interconnects and speaker wires. Any chance you got phase reversed - or did you flip the balanced/unbalanced switch or change the input volume offset by accident? Remote controls can be tricky - I have had weird things happen when I sat on one ! |
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