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the "why" may not be known

gusser, hi. I wish I could tell you with cetainty. I cannot. If you have worked with electronic circuits such as are found in vacuum tube amplifiers you will find there is a certain settling in time for almost everything. One does not need to know "why" to be able to hear the sonic changes that occur. I wish I could answer your question simply. It may have to do with the connections/junctions one makes via soldering. It may be related to some electro-mechanical thing. It may involve the quantum world - as in Coopers Pairs. You mention speakers. I believe a lot of the "break in" time here involves the settling, if you will, of crossover components. Capacitors exhibit this same kind of phenomenon. It is particularly marked with Teflon film caps. Why do VR tubes not work well or at all in total darkness? They seem to require photons to fire and begin normal ionization operation. Is this understood by anyone? I don't think so. Nevertheless it is a real phenomenon.


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