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Burning in a new DAC

I'll be receiving my new DAC soon; the manufacturer suggests a burn-in period that may take up to a month. I have not understood this process well. My question is, does the DAC need to be feeding (in this case a Transcendent Sound pre-amp)a piece of equipment that is actively "outputting" (turned on, driving an amp), or can burn-in be achieved simply by having the DAC turned on with an active *input* (from my HagUSB)? If I don't have to have my tube gear turned on (preamp, amp), and can simply leave my iTunes actively playing music files, outputted to the HagUSB (& therefore the DAC), I will leave my computer (& the HagUSB,& the DAC) running 24/7 to do so to achieve burn-in quicker.
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rabco

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Krell_man, thanks for the response.It wasn't clear to me if there was anything to be gained from the DAC "actively" passing a signal in the equipment chain.
Tiger and Rodman99999, I had forgotten that this could be an efficient way to achieve the burn-in. I see a burn-in disc in my future....
Is there a rule of thumb for burning-in a piece of gear in terms of time? Does something like the disc reduce the time necessary, and if so, how much? How does one know how long the burn-in might take, no matter how it's achieved?
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