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  How Long Did it Take to Burn In a new piece?
What was the longest time period you ever had to go through when burning/breaking in a new piece of equipment,regardless if was electronics,power cords,speakers,wires,etc.,untill it finally was broken-in and showed its true colors? Would you fellow GON members be willing to share what equipment/timespan you went through this with,and was the transformation gradual or a sudden snap at a specific time? Also,were their certain pieces that never "blossomed" and lived up to your expectations after a lengthy burn-in period,so off they went after your hard work waiting for them to reach their potential.
Teajay  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

05-21-05
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05-21-05   The longest time something of mine took to burn in was when ...   Kennyt

05-21-05   My audio note kit 2 speakers are just finishing breaking in ...   Philjolet

05-21-05   Teajay, equipment and or cable break in is dependant on the ...   Rsjm80

05-21-05   Vsa vr4jr speakers; took about 400-500 to fully break in. i ...   Prpixel

05-21-05   My brother bought a bose system 6 years ago and is still wai ...   Autio

05-21-05   My wadia 861 with gnsc's statement modifications took about ...   Coffee_nudge

05-21-05: Drewfidelity
I have found that speakers take the longest period of break-in time to sound their best. I cannot tell you how many times I have sold a pair of speakers off before they had the chance to settle in. It is because of this that probably the best buys on Audiogon are for speakers that are 3-6 months old. This gives the buyer the benefit of not having to suffer through the break in period with a discounted price to boot.

The speakers that I have had that took the longest to break in were various pairs of Vandersteen speakers. I had a pair of 3A Signatures that did not fully break in until after 6 months of daily play. Once they did the biggest difference from the previous six months was their ability to throw a deep and wide soundstage.

Drewfidelity  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


05-21-05   I had a sony scd333es sacd player... took a couple hundred h ...   Garys

05-21-05   Autio;---good one!!! so what'cha think?? 6 more?? the celti ...   Avguygeorge

05-21-05   'break-in' is a psycho-acoustic phenomenon and doesn't exist ...   Rooze

05-21-05   Soliloquy speakers....months...and months...and months....an ...   Boa2

05-21-05   I agree with boa2 on soliloquys. i was tempted to sell them ...   uhurit@

05-21-05   Two years. shahinian diapason loudspeakers. they sounded l ...   Holzhauer

05-21-05   Phono carts always take me forever since they're something i ...   Dirtyragamuffin

05-22-05   Four years - wife. getting better and better with each pass ...   Jax2

05-22-05   600 hours audio aero capitol mark 2   Mejames

05-22-05   Avalon eclipse speakers. six months at least, but really, i ...   Drubin


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