14-Dec-2014, 23:16
Well it took me about 10 to 30 hours to get the damn Configurator to work! Maybe burn in makes a difference maybe not. Either way it's currently simmering away on TV duties as I watch SPOTY, which I don't think is going to influence me much.
I too am cynical about burn in, but I did have an incident at the Guilford audio event this year. I was in a room with D800 powered Wilson Audios, a fairly decently recorded jazz track was playing. After the track finished, our host messed around with things behind the kit and played the same track again. To me it was clear, the track sounded best first time around, a couple of other folk in the room agreed. There was a CD player, streamer and laptop on show. This made me think I was hearing a different source. On asking what had chaged, we were advised it was a digital cable. I was surprised a cable could make that much difference. The sting in the tail was that both cables were Transparent, and the one we preferred was lower range. Our host suggested the issue may have been that the more expensive cable was brand new. There is still part of me that is a bit of a cable sceptic, but thing like this make you wonder!
I too am cynical about burn in, but I did have an incident at the Guilford audio event this year. I was in a room with D800 powered Wilson Audios, a fairly decently recorded jazz track was playing. After the track finished, our host messed around with things behind the kit and played the same track again. To me it was clear, the track sounded best first time around, a couple of other folk in the room agreed. There was a CD player, streamer and laptop on show. This made me think I was hearing a different source. On asking what had chaged, we were advised it was a digital cable. I was surprised a cable could make that much difference. The sting in the tail was that both cables were Transparent, and the one we preferred was lower range. Our host suggested the issue may have been that the more expensive cable was brand new. There is still part of me that is a bit of a cable sceptic, but thing like this make you wonder!
