Doug,
I once had a pretty good ear. I have been a practicing audioguy for many decades now. In all my years I have only had two occasions where break-in and warm-up was audible to me. One was a pair of Klipsch loudspeakers that on startup were near reference sounding loudspeakers and 24 hours later they had declined to just decent sounding loudspeakers. The other was a tube amp that needed 20 minutes to get to top performance.
Changes in cables, powercords, and other gear over time have not shown themselves to me. On the otherhand I seldom argue with what others have experienced, it's possible that they have had a different experience than me. I can't say with certainty what they have experienced, I can only trust what I have experienced.
Good articles, though.
I once had a pretty good ear. I have been a practicing audioguy for many decades now. In all my years I have only had two occasions where break-in and warm-up was audible to me. One was a pair of Klipsch loudspeakers that on startup were near reference sounding loudspeakers and 24 hours later they had declined to just decent sounding loudspeakers. The other was a tube amp that needed 20 minutes to get to top performance.
Changes in cables, powercords, and other gear over time have not shown themselves to me. On the otherhand I seldom argue with what others have experienced, it's possible that they have had a different experience than me. I can't say with certainty what they have experienced, I can only trust what I have experienced.
Good articles, though.