Burn in - a myth?

I have never, at any point, claimed that other people are wrong or misguided if they don’t hear burn in. It is the reverse. Those who do not hear it are hell bent on convincing me that I don’t hear it either, that I’m imagining it etc etc.

Still, in their defence I guess they do know my system better than I do and they do know what I am hearing better than I do. :roll_eyes:

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I ‘believe’ my latest Naim system sounds way better than my on-site Makita radio - this is only a ‘belief’ mind. Others may prefer the Makita radio…or can’t hear any difference.

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Perhaps you could convince yourself to believe the opposite. You would save a packet!

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Let me suggest a little experiment:

Purchase two (2) pairs of five (5) meter speaker cables. Brand new, same brand, same model, same everything.

Then lie them between your amplifier(s) and speakers. Carefully, they are going to remain there for several months.

Connect one pair and use it for 3-6 months. Don’t worry and be happy. After this very irrelevant period of time, disconnect the first pair and connect the second pair, slowly and smoothly.

If the cables sound different, would you agree that burn in is real?

Amazingly, this happens also with very economical cables in my experience.

You just need 3-6 months of your time and a very reasonable amount of money to perform this experiment, highly recommended.

Oh.
Wrong thread I thought this was anxiety and depression sorry. :scream:

Losing the will to live?

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For @bruss and @Skeptikal, I have a second experiment where you can measure the difference between two identical cables (one new, one burned in) with instruments.

I’m still trying the first one catchup in a few months, :+1:t2:

Not necessarily, you have not taken in to account expectation bias

My second experiment using instruments will also be kindly offered to you @Hollow.

But the revelation in this case is the sound of the music, which is real and unimpeachable. :drum::musical_score: :violin::notes: :saxophone::loud_sound::musical_note: 🪇

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Expectation bias works both ways.

If you don’t expect to hear cable burn in, obviously you won’t. :grin:

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Hallelujah. :sunglasses: :+1:t2:

Great, I can’t wait :slightly_smiling_face:

Here you can see bread slices before and after the burn-in process:


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More of a brown out.

Sounds just the same from here. :thinking: :wink:

Wonky pubs definitely burn in!

They look identical to my eyes Stephen. Which is which

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That is of genuine interest. Please point me to the experiment and results.