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1. Fact of the matterReader Brian Gray sent me a long treatise on burn-in and hearing. Too long for these posts, but I include a snippet from his thoughts. "......August 5, 2014
2. How could it be any good?Got a note from a reader concerning the new power amplifier I wrote about here. "Your new amp is going to sell for seven thousand and...August 4, 2014
3. A Sunday thoughtI rarely do any actual circuit design anymore. There was a time in our history where I did all of it, including making the PC board...August 3, 2014
4. New amplifier progressI got pretty excited yesterday and wanted to share. Our chief engineer, Bob Stadtherr, has been doing the heavy lifting of hand building the first of...August 2, 2014
5. Nature vs. nurtureThe debate about break-in and its long term effect or, for that matter, whether there is any effect or not, is still being strongly debated. It's...August 1, 2014
6. My guessOn our comments page concerning break in there's much discussion about why long term break-in matters. The biggest question revolves around the nature of music itself:...July 31, 2014
7. I just smiledOn the phone with a customer about DirectStream. He asked a good question. "There are other DACs out there based on FPGA technology. What makes yours...July 30, 2014
8. DielectricWhen we speak of break in much of what we are dealing with is purported to be about dielectrics. I am not expert enough to give...July 29, 2014
9. "What is this music?"I am writing today's post as I typically do, on the morning of the day before it goes live. Terri and I are in California, visiting...July 28, 2014
10. Yet another ...And just when I thought I'd get around to explaining some of the dielectric effects - or at least what some of that means - yet...July 27, 2014
11. The light stays on!The subject of break in, the tendency of equipment to improve (change) over on-time, is a controversial one. Yesterday's post suggested 'warm up' might be a...July 26, 2014
12. Warming upIn response to yesterday's post on break-in, my friend Bill Low, founder and chief Mucky Muck of Audioquest sent me the following note: "The improvement in...July 25, 2014
13. Easy stuff firstThank you for all the great dialog on Break In started yesterday in this post. There's lots I am sifting through, probably resulting in a couple...July 24, 2014