In Reply to: Is burn-in on electronics real? posted by mdl on March 12, 2005 at 07:19:32:
It seems to me that with the natural variation in individual units, there should also be variations in break-in behavior. Each unit should reach its peak at a slightly different time. That peak may be, say, after 100 or 200 hours, after which it settles into a level that doesn't match the peak. Or the peak may be new out of the box, and it doesn't perform as well after run-in. I'm suspicious of the unending mantra of reviewers that everything only gets better over time.
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Follow Ups
- Why is it that we see only reports of improvement, never degradation, during the "break-in" period? - rkw 03/12/0510:06:37 03/12/05 (6)
- it's all a matter of time scale - Alex S 19:37:09 03/12/05 (0)
- One thing that gets much worse over time... - Charles Hansen 10:31:38 03/12/05 (4)
- I wonder . . . - markrohr 09:14:13 03/13/05 (1)
- Re: I wonder . . . - jea48 10:00:09 03/13/05 (0)
- Excellent! - Alex S 19:21:08 03/12/05 (0)
- Hunh! nt - clarkjohnsen 12:46:14 03/12/05 (0)