On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:40:09 +0100, "JustMe" wrote:
This is true and people do grow to appreciate things more with time.

And they never appreciate them less? What we are dealing with is
simple adaptation.

some products (not necessarily new purchases
either) will sound different when warm compared with when cold.

Warm up, particularly of powered devices, is not the same thing as the
'running in' proposition.

Human perception, changing environments, psychology, the brain, the ears and
actual physical changes in the product all play a part.

To wildly varying degrees.

I remember once testing loudspeakers on a system where you could
switch instantly between them. I found that if you listened to one
pair for too long then the others all started to sound inferior when
you tried them even if they were in fact much better speakers.

Adaptation at work.

Have you tried comparing two pairs of the same model, one "burnt in" and one
not?

Yup.

Kal