Why no “Break in” period?


If people say there’s a break in period for everything from Amps to cartridges to cables to basically everything... why is it with new power conditioners that people say they immediately notice “the floor drop away” etc.  Why no break in on that?

I’m not trying to be snarky - I’m genuinely asking.
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Showing 2 responses by erik_squires

Oh, one thing I should add, because it's late Sunday and the trolling has been mediocre all week:
I've never heard cables "break in."

When I hear differences they pretty much have to do with the cable, not with how long they were in the system or how new they were.

Best,
E
I have no idea.

I can say with personal experience I've run into and not run into break in periods with different components. Here are components I've heard break-in or extended warm up time:


  • Mundorf MKP capacitors in speaker crossovers.
  • IcePower Class D amp modules



Here's one I haven't:  Luxman integrated.


The interesting thing is that a number of independent audiophiles have confirmed to also have the weird, very long Class D warm up times. Why the Luxman does not.... I have no idea. Perhaps the high current at idle leads to faster stability of the active devices?



Best,
E