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Originally Posted by SHV
"Nothing personal against Fremer, I just don't typically agree with his assessments and tastes." **** The problem is that there are people who take this sort of review seriously; like me 30 years ago and it can have adverse effects on, especially, a small company. Solid state electronics are well understood physics and measurable. When someone like Fremer talks about improvement with long "burn in", my BS detector goes crazy. If that is happening give me the numbers/waveforms to prove it. Steve
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My experience has taught me that break in is absolutely real.
Not all devices, but many with high quality capacitors definitely seem to sound uptight and unforgiving at first, can dramatically settle down and offer much improved dynamics after a good 50-100 hours. My previous ARC Reference gear was a prime example. It honestly sounded confused for lack of a better word for the first few hundred hours and eventually came into its own after a good 300-450 hours. It seemed to go through bizarre stages.
Not so sure about transistors, but I do believe in wire dielectric and capacitor run in.
Just my two cents...