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My real question re. ' Break In' of components..

Is anyone aware of research/facts that would dispute either of the following two hypothesis regarding audible changes generally observed during the 'breaking in' process:

1.) Listeners senses may adjust to 'new' sound over time. Typically we describe fresh components as sounding harsh and then smoothing out over 100hrs or so. Even though you may not listen for the whole 100 hrs of break-in, you will likely have taken several listens during that period, and each time your senses become more accepting of what you hear.

2.) Assuming that 'break-in' does occur due to stabilizing of electrical paths/fields(or other reasons), what about the component that was swapped out. For example you burn-in a new cable for 100hrs and this takes you two weeks, you then go and compare it to the old cable and the new one sounds better. Ignoring possibility of #1 above for the moment, couldn't this be due to the old cable's paths/fields unstabilizing during its unuse?

These, questions have been bothering me, so just thought I'd throw them out there...

AJ F

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Topic - My real question re. ' Break In' of components.. - AJ F 09:42:24 03/03/06 (41)
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