In Reply to: What's being broken in... posted by slapshot on September 18, 2010 at 21:37:02:
Whenever a change is made, we tend to listen differently. The wild changes that some people document during break-in probably have more to do with their own perceptual systems than anything 'breaking in' in their stereo systems. There are some things which actually do break-in, but that doesn't alter the statement about perception.'Critical listening' is a prescription for finding imaginary sonic changes, and I've been just as guilty as the next guy in making this error. The more I learn about the functioning of the human perceptual system, the more cautious I am about making some of these judgments. Our brains are key (and active) components of our sound systems, but most people completely ignore their influence.
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