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.
tochsii

Showing 4 responses by jl35

some manufacturers do burn-in their components or cables before shipping...I know my Zu speakers will have about 100 hours burn in, and I see longer on their more expensive speakers...
also beware of anti-expectation bias, as you may prefer to not like it  so that you don't have to buy it...
I don't care for power conditioners either...I've never heard anyone say the noise floor dropped immediately...but even if it did, doesn't mean sound quality improved or that the conditioner didn't sound better after a few weeks...
we are very good at measuring what we know to measure, but are we aware of all variables that need to be measured...and our understanding of human hearing is really not all that great, so what do we correlate our measurements with...