In Reply to: Huh? posted by Christine Tham on December 25, 2004 at 15:16:22:
I'll bet most CD players or amps could benefit from some adjustment or recalibrating after a few hundred hours too. That misses the point. What those who advocate "breaking in" electronics argue is that the performance improves over the break-in time, without any recalibration.I'll bet if you calibrate a TV new right out of the box so that it's "perfect" and come back after letting it "burn in" for 300 hours, that particular calibration will look worse, not better. And after calibrating again, the performance will be the same or worse than the first calibration - not better.
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Follow Ups
- Well, I think in their case "settle" means "stop rapidly degrading". - Dalton 20:00:38 12/25/04 (6)
- Huh again? - Christine Tham 12:43:55 12/26/04 (0)
- I'd take that bet - Metralla 20:46:49 12/25/04 (4)
- You missed the point. - Dalton 22:24:10 12/25/04 (3)
- The point is ... - Metralla 23:45:34 12/25/04 (2)
- I agree there will be some changes. - Dalton 00:49:46 12/26/04 (1)
- The "as designed" sound is the sound after break-in - Dave Kingsland 05:16:51 12/26/04 (0)