Does a brand new electrical circuit for audio gear benefit from burn in/break in time?


I mean, the consensus seems to be that all other electrical components of audio gear does, right? So seeing as all that brand new Romex is basically another electrical component in the system?

immatthewj

Showing 3 responses by ieales

I'll wager not one of the respondents fully disconnected their system and re-connected prior to the miraculous improvements...

- not sure why you would even conjecture that … but in any case …nope … that is dead wrong … and you lose that wager …full stop. 

- My entire system was fully disconnected into its individual components and then boxed up and stored away for protection during the house renos

- after full Reno completion six-odd weeks later …THEN …all boxed up components and cables were taken out of storage  and finally reconnected again with new dedicated line and outlets  …. and voila … 

Actually, I win. 

Six nines of the time people make changes, they do not reseat all connections, power and signal, before experiencing night and day improvements.

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Unless one lives in an ice box, flipping on the HiFi and playing a track or two while brewing an espresso, pouring a malt or similar, gets the circuits close to idle temperature or better. [class A excepted]

Unless the power amplifier is defective, voice coils & passive XO are at ambient temperature. Temperature changes in these may have more sonic impact than the electronics.

For the vinylphiles, exercising the armature may also benefit.