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So would you conclude that this video is over exaggerating the effect of “break in?” If so, why? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not to channel my inner Stephen Colbert, but the trouble with this myth is how “truthy” it sounds. So many things from tennis shoes to footballs have a break in period that we can feel. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m not sure what’s more wide open, his eyes or his ear lobes. That said, at least he tries to make an experiment. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@gene What are your thoughts on this experiment? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That was my question too, there are a lot of reasons why driver performance can change. Give the sub a break and try it again in a few days. Control with a 3 year old sub. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So, in full disclosure I think this concept is mostly nonsense, but to their credit this company has an actual experiment they perform over time showing a benefit from over several hours of burn in on their subwoofer driver. Prior to this the best I’ve ever seen is a few minutes, but usually...

The claim usually made goes something like this: The person buys new amp, and it sounds better than the old amp based off of an uncontrolled listening test, usually after unplugging one, and listening to the other, begging the question that this process is the least bit reliable. It’s not...

Cost matters, but only to an extent. Building a sonically transparent amp is fairly cheap, easy to make, and somewhat common. The goal in reproduction should be transparency of the source to the speaker terminals; which is easy to achieve. Many exotic and premium priced amplifiers will have very...

I don’t totally disagree, but if I was to pick my five favorite speakers, a set of electrostats would be on my list. That said, I’m sure any decent power amp, like your Monolith would be fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I certainly agree that in a perfect world speakers would be active, or at the least there be more active available, and they wouldn’t be shunned by those who claim to care about accuracy in reproduction. Good point about the Aczel power cube measurements as well. At the end of the day even...

Good point, we are all biased, and how well that bias is controlled determines its impact in a comparison experiment. DBT is the gold standard in that regard. However with amps, a complete performance benchmark, which isn’t a listening comparison, can reveal audible performance. If the goal is...

You don’t sound biased at all. lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

What measurement would be reliable to determine that this issue doesn’t happen?

The problem with stated apecs is that they are far too abridged to be of much use, at least most of the time. Sometimes they are carefully manicured by the marketing department of the manufacturer to tout some sort of capability while not disclosing other trade offs. Sent from my iPhone using...

Wow... Well, so much for having a decent discussion. Reading your posts clearly shows you are more on a mission to stroke your ego than anything else. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I feel well educated enough. How about *you* elaborate on *your* argument, instead of rather pompous curt replies like this. You took reservation over “synergy” so I’d simply like to make sure I get your meaning. I can best do that with information about your point that isn’t so abridged. Sent...

Sorry Chief, but yeah, words matter. I have no idea how to understand a concept or argument but to read the words and discuss them as I understand them. How can this go beyond “overdriven?” What do you mean by capacitance? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If the amp is over driven by the electrostatic speaker then that is the issue, not some inherent synergy or secret sauce missing. *of course* you need the amp with the right amount of power and operational bandwidth for the operation. No one questions that, but I don’t think that’s synergy...

Synergy with a speaker, ok, how about with different media? This whole synergy claim assumes all media has the same approach to recording and mastering and that’s not remotely the case. I’ve seen amps measure transparently, and with subtle coloration. The coloration variety in different records...

Ok, I’ll play on this zombie thread too... Plasma was better as long as you could deal with it’s drawbacks. So, for consumers... 1. Gets hot AF 2. Heavy AF 3. Very prone to burn in For retailers, weight is a burden. It also had to shipped upright. For manufacturers “4K” turned out to be...