Break In Question?

Vintage Equipment that has not been played for a long time:

start with low voltage, using a Variac. Progressively increase the voltage

i.e say 20 volts for 5 minutes, 30 for five, ..... until you get to a bit below ____ (it’s voltage rating) i.e. Japanese (100v) I stop at 90 v on the dial; USA (115/120 V) I stop at 100v on the dial.*

It’s not rocket science, just advised caution.

*Thus it absolutely does not matter if the Variac, new or old, is a bit off, say 5%, just start low, and finish below rated voltage. 

Thank you for the replies to my question. It really helps.

Just about all of my equipment has been purchased new, this is the first time in a long time that I have a new piece.

ozzy

@hilde45 - 

@mahler123 - Not subjective; most of the time it's very easy to tell the difference between speakers/headphones/cartridges that have been broken in for a few hundred hours and ones right out of the box; sometimes the difference is dramatic, and the difference between returning an item or keeping it. Perhaps you've not experienced this, but it doesn't mean it's not real. 

Correction:

I meant to type most of my equipment has been purchased used. The Lumin X2 is new thus my question on breakin.

ozzy

I have found with various components that break-in is a real thing and some components sound great out of the box and then there are subtle changes while others changed dramatically after 100 hours or so, Especially loudspeakers