Pass Labs INT-25 or equivalent in another brand

Congradulations! I owned Pass designed amps and preamps for well over thirty years… he disowns and manufactures great equipment. It is incredibly reliable and is likely to perform flawlessly as long as you wish to keep it.

@audphile1

Good advice. But I have a real hard time not drawing conclusions from listening to a new piece of equipment… and can be disappointed… I know I shouldn’t draw conclusions… but I do. So, it can be safer to wait… but you have to put a signal through it while breaking in.

More than once I have been so anxious to hear my new piece of equipment and thought, “it sounds OK”… not what I was hopping for… depressing. Then after 150 hours, hearing it greatly improve… and really being upset with myself… I know better than this… once again forgetting how important breakin is.