Break In Question?


I have been under the assumption that in order for a component to break in there must be a signal pass through from one piece of equipment to another. That is, running a Dac/Preamp into an amp, the amp must be turned on for the Dac/Preamp to break in.

But is this really true? Does the amp really need to be turned on?

ozzy

ozzy

@ghdprentice  Interesting substack. Nicely written articles. Where do you get the graphics from?

Doug, 

My impression is similar. It is as if you are hiding a seed of conspiracy theory and attempting to lure people to buy your book it to find out what it is. It is not alluring at all.

@douglas_schroeder - No, I don't need to read the book you are hawking (they're allowing free ads on Agon these days via this back-door route?). Nothing you have to say will explain to me about the headphones on the chair, either. 

@ghdprentice + 1 - I guess those people who deny the fact of break-in think that all those manufacturers' figures are nothing but lies and only the gullible would believe them. 

@ghdprentice  Thx for posting links to your book.  Wow!    It’s like a doctoral dissertation.    Congratulations on such a massive and arduous undertaking!  I’ve read only one chapter so far.  I look forward to reading more.

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