I totally agree with @larsman, but will add phono cartridges as the worst when it comes to break in, you can usually get the jest of whether or not you will like it right off the bat but usually go south a few times and become hard to listen to before around 200 hours of running time. Enjoy the music
Love getting new equipment, hate the break-in
I get excited about new equipment but often get impatient with the break-in time. Some sound pretty good right from the get-go, others seem to take forever plus one day. Also, some gradually get better with time, others sound bad for a long time, like 200 hrs and then one day BOOM!, everything comes into focus seemingly all at once. Is your experience similar?
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My experience is a little different. I find that speakers and cartridges-things with moving parts-change a bit with time. I haven't noticed a big change with electronics, and I suspect that at least some of the change is my brain acclimating itself to the sound of a new component, which is a real thing. This is one of those interesting discussions, but not worth of any unpleasantness-we are all different. One of the most foolish things i can imagine in this hobby is trying to tell someone else what they hear. |
@tooblue - yes, I forgot that, and I just got a new Hana Umami Red cart a couple of months ago, and it's still improving! Nice thing is that right out of the box it sounded better than my previous cart. |
@ghdprentice "went through the classic flip flop around 120 hours... very common with amps and preamps, where it sounds terrible one session and glorious the next a few times. Then kind of stabilized and slowly gets better." It reminds me when I was breaking in Pathos InPol integrated and after about 200hrs wanted to present its glorious sound to my wife. Well, it sounded awful, my wife looked me with WTF and I was dumbfounded. It took easily another 200hrs to shine and stabilize. |
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