Some of RGA's comments in my thread about room treatments and a post on Audio Asylum from John Marks (complaining that manufacturers, who require ridiculous amount of burn in hours for their gear, should send already burned in units for review) got me thinking about whether manufacturers should sell their gear already burned in, with recommended room sizes and optimal setup instructions....

I think doing so would end all these claims of "the customer/reviewer didn't let the gear burn in properly" or "they didn't set it up correctly" or "used it in an inappropriately sized room"....

Ideally I think all components should be "plug and play", but that is rarely the case, so these steps would at least make it easy to audition gear...

The manufacturer must know what sized room he designed his gear (speakers really) to work in, so why not share that info with potential customers?

Also, considering how much effort is put into setting up some speakers, I think an instruction manual is in order unless there are no setup requirements...