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Is there a transformer inside?
What needs to be burned in? <---just asking.
USG
No transformer inside as far as I can tell.
Break-In has to do with the stable state of both the conductors and the dielectric.
Short version of Break-In:
1)Conductors of electricity are made up of atoms, each atom has a certain number of electrons in its valance shell. Copper and Silver both have 1 electron in their valance shells.
2)When the atom is excited with electrical energy its outer most electron gets kicked out of its valance orbit into what is called a conduction band, this conduction band is where electricity is conducted.
3)Dielectrics also have a conduction band which is separated by a gap between the valance shell.
4)A certain amount of electrons will escape the conduction band of the metal and occupy the conduction band of the dielectric [this is why people are concerned about what material is being used to insulate wire]
5)Until the insulator builds up a significant amount of electrons in its conduction band
Break-In has not occurred.
6)Once the insulator has a sufficient amount of electrons in its conduction band no further electrons are lost from the conductors "conduction-band" into the dieletrics "conduction-band"
now Break-In has occurred
This is the principle behind AudioQuest DBS cables, they charge the dielectric so that its conduction bands energy is higher than the threshold of electrons escaping the wires conduction band. What this does is essentially reduce break-in to practically nothing and the conductors are not influenced by the dielectric, which has a tendency to smear, slow and make electronics sound dull, dry and out of phase until break-in has occurred.
