jea don't kid yourself. The manufacturers have to remain politically correct or people won't by their equipment. You have to be a personal friend to know what they really think.
Noromance, I did not make up that expression but in most relatively minor cases it is quite true. Obviously not if your child gets killed in a car wreck.
Accommodation is used as a medical term and you are right. Everyone is accommodating all the time to numerous stimuli.
All those guys "burn in" their equipment primarily to make sure they are working up to snuff and nothing is going to blow on the customer.
Having said all that, just think about it from a manufacturer's standpoint. The customer calls because things don't sound just right. The easiest come back is, "well you have to break it in." Withing a few days or weeks the customer gets use to the sound and things are peachy keen. He thinks the unit broke in when in reality it is he that broke in. The human brain is way more flexible (and unpredictable) than an amplifier. Many companies now put something in their manuals like, "don't worry if it sound like crap. It takes three months for it to break in." When people don't know why they make stuff up. The Greeks made up Zeus. A very creative explanation for lightening.
Anyone care to give us just one proven reason why a purely electronic unit's sound should improve after manufacturer's burn in?
My ESLs break in because the diaphragms are initially over tensioned by a heat gun at the factory and it takes about 100 hours of play time for them to loosen up to the proper tension. The factory does not do it for obvious reasons.
Noromance, I did not make up that expression but in most relatively minor cases it is quite true. Obviously not if your child gets killed in a car wreck.
Accommodation is used as a medical term and you are right. Everyone is accommodating all the time to numerous stimuli.
All those guys "burn in" their equipment primarily to make sure they are working up to snuff and nothing is going to blow on the customer.
Having said all that, just think about it from a manufacturer's standpoint. The customer calls because things don't sound just right. The easiest come back is, "well you have to break it in." Withing a few days or weeks the customer gets use to the sound and things are peachy keen. He thinks the unit broke in when in reality it is he that broke in. The human brain is way more flexible (and unpredictable) than an amplifier. Many companies now put something in their manuals like, "don't worry if it sound like crap. It takes three months for it to break in." When people don't know why they make stuff up. The Greeks made up Zeus. A very creative explanation for lightening.
Anyone care to give us just one proven reason why a purely electronic unit's sound should improve after manufacturer's burn in?
My ESLs break in because the diaphragms are initially over tensioned by a heat gun at the factory and it takes about 100 hours of play time for them to loosen up to the proper tension. The factory does not do it for obvious reasons.