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TimMc · 01-31-2005, 08:18 PM

I dunno... Is there a burn-in period for a PC? How 'bout a desktop one or notebook (on battery)? Wireless phone? Satellite receiver? Microwave oven or laser printer? (OK, OK - I'll stop it at that one ;~)

There's probably more of a "burn-out" period for solid state electronics like a receiver than any perceivable burn-in period (as in, if it doesn't burn out in the first "N" seconds or minutes or days - pick your interval - then the electronics will likely last a lot longer than you do). I'd guess that maybe that's the best approximation of whatever could be called a burn-in time, too. And even then, there should be some ABX way to measure perceivable differences before burn-in might really matter.

Bottom line, it's not something that I'd waste time worrying about. My experience is that any claimed burn-in time, even for speakers, seems to correlate most closely with the stated return policy of the seller (plus one day, of course...).

01-31-2005, 08:18 PM	#3 of 7
TimMc Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Local Time: 02:08 PM Local Date: 11-23-2008 Posts: 214	I dunno... Is there a burn-in period for a PC? How 'bout a desktop one or notebook (on battery)? Wireless phone? Satellite receiver? Microwave oven or laser printer? (OK, OK - I'll stop it at that one ;~) There's probably more of a "burn-out" period for solid state electronics like a receiver than any perceivable burn-in period (as in, if it doesn't burn out in the first "N" seconds or minutes or days - pick your interval - then the electronics will likely last a lot longer than you do). I'd guess that maybe that's the best approximation of whatever could be called a burn-in time, too. And even then, there should be some ABX way to measure perceivable differences before burn-in might really matter. Bottom line, it's not something that I'd waste time worrying about. My experience is that any claimed burn-in time, even for speakers, seems to correlate most closely with the stated return policy of the seller (plus one day, of course...).