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In Reply to: Capacitor break in time posted by mach1 on March 19, 2007 at 23:03:05:
I use black gates in my phono PSU. I thought them (the ones I used, not all of them) better than the metallised film caps I was using for ages, straight out of the box. I've never noticed them "going off", breaking in or some other thing any more or less than other stuff. Some parts need break in but I bet the bigger effect is the listener getting used to it.I've found the more natural the system has got, the less it needs to "break in" when I've been away for a while. I think this adjustment we make is an indicator not of how sensitive the system is but how sensitive we are and how far the system has drifted from what is "right" for us.
Gear needs warming up to sound at its best and I really don't see how any one component esp a capacitor can be seperated from the rest of it. The human condition is a way bigger factor IMHO. i.e. if you expect to hear the BGs going off, forming or whatever, you will. Peace of mind in the parts you use has a bigger influence than the reality IMHO.
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I agree 100%!There are warm up effects, and some parts do get better with a (short) time of usage - but these 100's/1000's of hours spoken about is, IMO, us changing - not the parts.
Tubes and capacitors I can understand, but some people even talk about "breaking in" things like transformers, resistors, wire, cables, tube sockets, wall-plugs, you name it! I don't doubt they "hear" a difference over time but I feel sure it's all subjective, a case of self-adjustment, rather than a measurable change in the physical properties of the parts themselves.
Lowthers! Out of the box they are so bad you think about returning them and are cussing yourself for such a terrible purchase.
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