Burn in disc

[halba]

Has anyone any experience of using a burn in disc ?

Are they any good ?

 

[d_a_n1979]

Is this for breaking in your CDP or for running in speakers?

If youre looking to break in your CDP then just leave a CD playing on repeat for up to 3 days.

If youre running in speakers just keep using them IMO

 

[Greenwich_Man]

halba:Has anyone any experience of using a burn in disc ?

Are they any good ?
I use the Densen DeMagic Reference CD about once a month - it's not a burn in disc as such but it keeps the system demagnetized - I notice a difference after I've used it.

As my kit is second hand this seemed to be the best option for me

I would like to know how others have got on with other disks

The Densen did get 5 stars in What HiFi

 

[Anonymous]

Waste of money, in my opinion.

 

[Anonymous]

ValianTX:Waste of money, in my opinion.

Agreed.

 

[Greenwich_Man]

Grimly Fiendish:

ValianTX:Waste of money, in my opinion.

Agreed.

Could you let us know which ones you tried please?

 

[Anonymous]

Greenwich_Man:Grimly Fiendish:

ValianTX:Waste of money, in my opinion.

Agreed.

Could you let us know which ones you tried please?

Is there more than one? I haven't tried any.

 

[Mike_Schmidt]

I have the Cardas and Ayre disc and find after a month of playing by doing a sweep things sound clearer and fresh. Its one of the myths that is hard to explain, but works

 

[Anonymous]

Mike_Schmidt:I have the Cardas and Ayre disc and find after a month of playing by doing a sweep things sound clearer and fresh. Its one of the myths that is hard to explain, but works

You have to believe it does or it won't work for you. Loads of dodgy audiophile stuff works like that, everything from magic pebbles to mains leads.

 

[Clare Newsome]

Grimly Fiendish:
I haven't tried any.

Hence you "know" they don't work

Always best to keep an open mind (and try and borrow before you buy), i'd say.

We use the dynamic-range-of-standard-CDs-played-on-repeat running-in method here on WHF, incidentally

 

[professorhat]

Clare Newsome:Grimly Fiendish:
I haven't tried any.

Hence you "know" they don't work

Always makes me laugh when I see this.

 

[Anonymous]

Why not just let it run in normally? Unless you're in a massive rush. I kinda like new electronics to bed in - hasn't taken long IME (maybe 50 hrs or thereabouts). Then again, I'd be worried if they didn't sound fab straight out of the box.

 

[Clare Newsome]

JAXON5:Then again, I'd be worried if they didn't sound fab straight out of the box.

I think this is a problem a lot of people have with a range of kit (including speakers, electronics, headphones, TVs etc) - they expect them all to sound/look perfect 'out of the box'.

Some running in, and (in many cases even more importantly) some experimentation with placement and settings can make a world of difference.

 

[Anonymous]

Any money spent on these discs would be a sheer waste of money, IMO. Incidentally, Simon agrees too - I've asked him this question face-to-face.

 

[Clare Newsome]

Hence my earlier comment:

Clare Newsome:[

We use the dynamic-range-of-standard-CDs-played-on-repeat running-in method here on WHF

 

[Anonymous]

professorhat:Clare Newsome:Grimly Fiendish:
I haven't tried any.

Hence you "know" they don't workÿ

Always makes me laugh when I see this.

Why?

ÿ

I know that tarot cards don't work, yet I have never tried them.

ÿ

There's an open mind, and there's a would-be con victim...ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

You don't 'know' that at all, you have convinced yourself that its fact. ÿThere is a huge difference between knowing something, and thinking you know something!

 

[professorhat]

Indeed. I don't believe that tarot cards work either, but there's no way I could ever say I know they don't work, especially as I also have never tried them.

 

[John Duncan]

professorhat:I also have never tried them

I wouldn't bother, they don't work.

 

[professorhat]

Yeah, that's what I heard...

 

[Anonymous]

professorhat:Clare Newsome:Grimly Fiendish:
I haven't tried any.

Hence you "know" they don't work

Always makes me laugh when I see this.

I've never tried those magic pebbles either yet I dismiss them out of hand. It's called discernment.

 

[Anonymous]

Clare Newsome:
JAXON5:Then again, I'd be worried if they didn't sound fab straight out of the box.

I think this is a problem a lot of people have with a range of kit (including speakers, electronics, headphones, TVs etc) - they expect them all to sound/look perfect 'out of the box'.

Some running in, and (in many cases even more importantly) some experimentation with placement and settings can make a world of difference.

Hi Clare. Point taken. I think I mean the electronics shouldn't sound 'cxxp' out of the box. My guess and IME is that if something sounds bad (after experimenting with positioning, furnishing etc etc) then it's unlikely to improve to the extent that it's <i>that </i> much different (i.e the original character of the equipment is there at the start and just improves during the 'run in'. Just my own experiences...

Anyway, as the 'running in' is a natural process, (i mean it <i> is <i/> gonna happen ), I just let the process happen with whatever music I fancy. Fancy discs? - nah not for me either -I just use those natural dynamic rangey things you mentioned (twice). 🙂

 

[laserman16]

Grimly Fiendish:
ValianTX:Waste of money, in my opinion.

Agreed.

Great that people on here know what they are talking about.

 

[Greenwich_Man]

I don't think it's a fair comparison - Tarot Cards and Burn in Discs

For a start Tarot Cards can be downright dangerous - and will damage you

Whereas Burn in Discs are good for your system

I've done both - and out of the 2 - it's only burn in discs that I would recommend

 

[JoelSim]

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