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  Why manufactures donīt burn in their amps and ...
give a good (or the "right") powercord with their amps?

Iīm tired to hear "you must it burn in min. 200 hours" or "it will sound better with the right powercord".

Itīs like selling a Porsche which you can drive the first 5.000 miles only with 20 mph and youself must look for the "right" tires.

???

Thomas
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08-09-09
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08-09-09   I had to keep my lastest new car under 3k rpm's for the firs ...   Unsound

08-09-09   I am a newbie wanna be audiophile so...... personally, i do ...   Develyn50

08-09-09   It's critically important to "burn in" any compone ...   Cwlondon

08-09-09   Cost, pure and simple. if tubes are involved, the catch woul ...   Buconero117

08-09-09   Most performance vehicles do require driving at limited rpm' ...   Jax2

08-09-09   if they include a power cord, they would not be able to sta ...   Kedoades

08-09-09   Most factors/dynamics(with the exception of speaker system d ...   Rodman99999

08-09-09   For those that are using price as an excuse... give me a bre ...   Rakuennow

08-09-09   Well, as always, there are 2 sides to any reasoning. the pur ...   Aptquark

08-09-09   Thomas, of all the high end equipment i've owned, i don't re ...   Gbart

08-09-09   Well not all companies are alike, i recently purchased a pai ...   Dev

08-09-09   Burn in, for either audio gear or cars, is not performed at ...   Mitch2

08-09-09   Power cords? burn in? seating the pistons? lol, i love th ...   Macdadtexas

08-09-09   If burn in were required, just think of the facility require ...   Magfan

08-09-09   This i believe: components don't burn in; listeners burn in. ...   Stewie

08-09-09   Here here   Magfan

08-09-09   Why did manufacturers used to make power cords that were har ...   Jaybo

08-10-09   I listened to my system for a year with the stock power cord ...   Jeffjarvis

08-10-09   We do 90% of the burn-in here in our shop. the last 10% take ...   Atmasphere

08-10-09   I am not aware of any manufucturerer who will assert that ca ...   Mrtennis

08-10-09   Insist on buying the demo unit from the dealer, if it is in ...   Andr

08-10-09   lol! never heard that one.   Tvad

08-11-09   With all due respect to the tangential discussions above, tj ...   Russellrcncom

08-11-09   The tangential discussions are a reflection of the impacts a ...   Andr

08-11-09   Ok, the mrtennis comment goes into the audiogon hall of fame ...   Macdadtexas

08-11-09   "this hobby is so subjective that when you have 2 audi ...   Stewie

08-11-09   The simplest answer is that it's a business, you want all of ...   Cyclonicman

08-11-09   I would think most manufacturers have some type of a qa proc ...   Rleff

08-11-09   Rleff- once you've purchased a hi-end power cord(ie- synerg ...   Rodman99999

08-12-09   Rodman99999- i did purchase a set of kimber power cords don' ...   Rleff

08-12-09   Rleff- i used to own a pair of acoustat model iiis, and was ...   Rodman99999

08-12-09   I think that's a great idea i think i will use the signal ca ...   Rleff

08-14-09: Karltoo
Because they simply tend to 'UNBURN-IN'and that is logical..Next time find out for yourself when you buy a pair of new amps!! Run a varied signal through one of
them for 48 hours-no more needed. Then listen to it in
mono-carefully. Do not rush. Then listen to the unplayed one for comparison-in mono. Now unhook the first one and
place it in another room for 2 weeks. It will not sound
as good as it did before and not as good as the second
one you had been playing for 2 weeks. It is changed=
UN-Burned-in!

Karltoo  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


08-15-09   I'll change my stock powercords when audio engineers such as ...   Byegolly

08-15-09   You won't be hurting anyone but yourself, in having ripped y ...   Rodman99999

08-15-09   For those who wonder how a power cord can make a difference, ...   Atmasphere

08-15-09   Ralph;are there any cords that work better with your amps t ...   Rleff

08-15-09   Hi ralph, not to "stir the pot" here, but to simpl ...   Mitch2

08-15-09   Thanks for that, ralph! that's the most concise and clear e ...   Jax2

08-16-09   Every 200+ watt per channel amp that i have owned came with ...   Shadorne

08-16-09   true. but along the lines of mitch2's comment, all of the ...   Almarg

08-16-09   an indeed that is what i have found to be the mystery aroun ...   Shadorne

08-16-09   true! after the first one changes his mind, the other one ...   Almarg

08-17-09   A voltage drop on the power cord is caused by two things: th ...   Atmasphere

08-17-09   First, there are no high frequency 'surges' in a power cord. ...   Magfan

08-17-09   Magfan -- despite the claims that some cable manufacturers m ...   Almarg

08-17-09   Magfan and al, you want to keep in mind that the power surge ...   Atmasphere

08-17-09   Excellent points, ralph. thanks! re googling "spark c ...   Almarg


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