Are you a solipsist?The only real proof is personal experience.
Are you a solipsist?The only real proof is personal experience.
The only real proof is personal experience.
It's actually more than just heating up. New competition tires need a few heat cycles in order to reach optimum grip. This is a break-in period where you need heat them up gently, then let them cool off, repeat a few times. All without stressing the tire - gentle driving, no hard accel, braking or cornering. If you don't do this the tire will not perform as well, nor last as long, as it should. Back when I used to race cars, companies like Tire Rack offered a service to heat cycle new tires before shipping them.
Regarding speaker break-in, the manual for my Magnepan 3.6/R says the bass response will gain a few Hz deeper after several hours of play. Seems reasonable, as it's a mechanical system. I don't recall hearing any difference, but I've had them 20 years so that memory has faded.
The only real proof is personal experience.
IMHO, I think that the break-in period for speakers is actually for your ears to break-in.
Your ears need to become accustomed to the speakers.
I have the same issue when changing headphones. I listen to headphone A for a few weeks and then switch over to B and B sounds horrible. Next day, putting on headphone B and they sound great on the same songs.
Personally, I think it is your brain not the instrument
I guess I don't know that at all...
Ucontrolled listening impressions are some of the least reliable 'data points' I could think of.
I am not denying it...specifically...but I haven't seen anything like proof or actual meaningful data that would convince me it was true.
IMHO, I think that the break-in period for speakers is actually for your ears to break-in.
Your ears need to become accustomed to the speakers.
I have the same issue when changing headphones. I listen to headphone A for a few weeks and then switch over to B and B sounds horrible. Next day, putting on headphone B and they sound great on the same songs.
Personally, I think it is your brain not the instrument
I rarely give that benefit of the doubt anymore. I just chalk it up to people being sophists instead. Let them demonstrate to me otherwise if that isn't the case.Are you a solipsist?
I believe the tires for professional teams are shipped to them already heat cycled and ready to race. Or, they heat cycle them by driving an easy lap, then going into the pits, lifting the car and letting the tires cool off. Either way, heat cycling is not a scam, and Tire Rack is not the only company that does it.So, Tirerack is smart enough to offer heat cycling of their tires for their customers but professional race teams have to do it on the track. That makes no sense at all. The professional teams tires would be heat cycled prior to putting them on the car.