In Reply to: One reason to be suspicious of dealers etc telling you: "wait, it is not burned in" posted by Smelly_Socks on October 3, 2016 at 08:19:51:
ARC is now recommending 500 Hours or so on solid state.
I've heard significant warm up effects with tube gear, within 45 minutes.
Also with caps I once had really odd surround-like effects while the new tweeter caps were breaking in. Like, I'd hear sounds behind my chair. However at the end of the break-in that disapeared but I felt the overal treble was better.
Still, there's so much charlatanism that I can totally understand skepticism.
Woofers however DO break-in. Measurements taken out of the box and after a couple of days running may be significantly different, especially in the resonant frequency. This is fairly well documented.
Best,
Erik
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