Is burn-in real?

[James_I (The truth is out there but not necessarily here)]

How can the shaman talk to the physicist?

I think it’s ironic when people don’t admit, or realize, they’re being religious. Or perhaps superstitious is the better word. Audio debates around tweaks – snake oil versus life-changing sound improvements – are the paradigm case. Skeptics often roughly dismiss an asserted tweak that isn’t accompanied by measured improvements and/or established science and engineering, and tweakers often expect everyone else to take their word that they clearly heard an improvement and that’s proof. Scienti…