SammyDaddy - don't take it personal .... I don't think he meant to imply that it makes a difference with your White Owl cigars ....

I like cayman's idea. I think I will do an experiment where I try different things and see if I can detect the difference.

I am with Cajun on the cello.
I clip the cello so that the cigar is flush to the end of cello.
Why age cigars? Because even with the "Cigar Boom" over manufacturers are still rushing gars to market albeit with better tobacco, but still to young and the result is a bitter cigar or dosen't have as complex flavors as one would expect.
Personaly I try one cigar from box/bundle to test and decide from there.
Another reason to lay down most cigars you buy from catalog/internet is that they aee usually shipped wet to keep from drying out so instead of being at 12-13% humidity they are more like 17-20% which is REALLLYY wet! So ewe want to let them equalize for two-four weeks .
As you might know a way to tet is to carefully pinch the cigar and if it is wet you will be able to pinch your fingers almost together without cracking the wrapper or binder.
Smoking a wet gar will usually be a hollow,bitter or bad burn(zipper or canoe burn) experiance.
I age most every cigar I have and have been rewarded with some great experinces.
Of course as someone pointed out there are gars that NEVER will get better like papayos.
JMHO