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Whalestone wrote:

coldcraft wrote:the opamp bit is what he tells people who buy into his "high gain" KOT and don't like it right away. "The new "high gain" chip has to burn in."

I believe the term used is "break-in", and it's not just for opamps:
"Electronic Break-in
This pedal seems to need some time to really sound best. Many people have reported that their pedal was a bit weak when they got it, but after using it for a while it got stronger with better tone. So feel free to leave it hooked up to a 9V power supply overnight to form the capacitors and blow the cobwebs out of the 40 year old silicon in the transistors."
http://www.analogman.com/astrotone.htm

culturejam wrote:

coldcraft wrote:

Whalestone wrote: I believe the term used is "break-in", and it's not just for opamps:

yes yes, same thing, but its all hogwash. we're getting off topic. sorry.

Every thread gets stronger after it goes off topic for a while. It's called topical break-in. You can literally *hear* the improvement in the text.