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In Reply to: RE: Important issue with Marantz players is BREAK IN TIME. posted by vinylguy on February 01, 2009 at 08:49:16
How can you give an accurate detailed description of a player if it isn't fully broken in?
If all you had was 300 hours on the SA-11, then I'd have to say (due to my past first hand experience with 3 other Marantz players) that the SA-11 that you reviewed was not fully broken in when you reviewed it.
Why doesn't your Marantz contact know about the lengthy break in period and relay that info to you? Probably because he isn't into sound. It isn't as though there is a hearing acuity test of sorts before a manufacturer like Marantz hires another marketing or sales guy, is there?
That is why consumers rely upon professional reviewers that know better, that do have the acuity to realize when a piece of gear has finally settled in and then it can be properly evaluated. I mean, how could anyone base evaluations made during the break in period? Gear goes through good days and bad days during the break in period and blanket assumptions that a sonic characteristic will remain after the break in period are, ... Well, a little unrealistic.
I know absolutely nothing about review schedules, but I do know that the Marantz players transform once they are fully broken in. I'm sure that if we did a poll of Marantz owners that you'd hear the same from them.
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