New Speakers

[tyefighter]

I am now starting to think that you just get used to a speaker and then when you put another one in the system you get a bit of a shock.

I sometimes wonder if the "burn in" factor that manufacturers and dealers talk about may just be the listener getting used to the sound of the new gear and not really the new gear "getting better over time"...

Rob Watts from Chord said the same thing when asked about the 'Burn in' time for his new portable dac the Mojo. He said something along the lines of, your brain takes about 10 hours to become accustomed to the new sound and is often mistaken as the electronics 'burning in' when in fact its your brain 'tuning in'

disclaimer. dont read this as me saying there is no such thing as burn in but simply to point out the brain 'burn in' phenomena