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Opinions and Comments on Equipment Breakin

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Frank I

I recently have had the opportunity to break in two pieces of new equipment. I have found that if the piece is good it will usually sound good right out of the box. I also have found out if it sounds bad right out of the box it usually is. The differences I have heard during breakin is usually with the piece opening up. The sound stage and images become very deined. I also noticed that the puiece necomes less edgy. I am always able to tell out of the box whether it is going to be good or not. I cant understand how some people have said it takes 300 hrs to be at its best. I have observed CD players open up at 40-50 hours and amps usually in the 100 hr mark at their best, Your opinions on the break in process.

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RE: Opinions and Comments on Equipment Breakin - stator_99@yahoo.com 23:20:46 08/01/09 (0)
A equipment designer once told me; after 48 hours what is really burning in, you.......or the equipment?
Great troll! :-)) You're getting the responses you envisaged. nt - andyr 19:21:15 05/14/09 (0)
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My new speakers will not complete the break-in process during my lifetime - Richard BassNut Greene 08:42:22 05/12/09 (0)
250,000 hours +/- 100 hours,
for complete break-in.

Only the finest speakers need this much break-in!

I hope my decendants will appreciate the speakers,
because they will unfortunately sound awful while
I own them, during this extended 250,000 hour
break-in process.

I'm not making any of this up.
This is straight out of the owner's manual,
which comes with a blank will form
so the owner can be sure the speakers will
go to the relative who will most appreciate them
(after break-in of course --
for quite a few decades after purchase,
the speakers will make
Frank Sinatra sound like Tiny Tim,
and vice versa).
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Richard BassNut Greene.....................................................................
The "Cliff Claven" of Audio
and the "Floyd R. Turbo of Bingham Farms Michigan"
RE: Opinions and Comments on Equipment Breakin - jdouglas51 07:57:36 05/12/09 (0)
'break-in' buys the manufacturer 'time', hoping that the consumer's ears adjust, and that they are pleased by any differences between the old and the new. 300 hours of break-in is a pretty big insurance policy.

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