On fire and unfortunately a bit off the mark. I like Doug very much as a reviewer and when I met him in person. However, my experience differs greatly from his with burn in and tweaks in general. I have done exhaustive listening tests on cable burn in and footers and cannot agree with Doug. Heck, I build cables and have spent countless hours documenting sonic changes with burn in. Oh my!
I am designing a cable right now that goes from being very forward and bright to just being nicely resolved in about 120 hours. I compare the exact same build with zero hours vs 120 hours and find the difference so easy to discern.
Townshend Pods vs hockey pucks 🙂. Yes, I have used hockey pucks, pucks under butcher block, concrete/marble slabs, various types of wood blocks, brass cones, carbon fiber cones and on and on…..The Townshend products are on a completely higher sonic level. Again, most obvious.
There are other Aphiles as intentionally curious, passionate and relentless in their search for sonic truth as Doug. Many of us have done the due diligence and just have heard different results. It happens.
I am designing a cable right now that goes from being very forward and bright to just being nicely resolved in about 120 hours. I compare the exact same build with zero hours vs 120 hours and find the difference so easy to discern.
Townshend Pods vs hockey pucks 🙂. Yes, I have used hockey pucks, pucks under butcher block, concrete/marble slabs, various types of wood blocks, brass cones, carbon fiber cones and on and on…..The Townshend products are on a completely higher sonic level. Again, most obvious.
There are other Aphiles as intentionally curious, passionate and relentless in their search for sonic truth as Doug. Many of us have done the due diligence and just have heard different results. It happens.