bob: one of many really neat things the 1012 does is to power OFF the digital section power supply and transformer when the analog section power supply and transformer is powered ON (the line stage, obviously, is always on). so, yeah, you're right about my needing to separately break in the digital and phono stage sections of this piece. FWIW, there's an excellent review of the 1012 in the 12/01 issue of s'phile (don't agree with mr. scull's views on the dcs gear but, hey, it's all subjective, eh).
dan: thanx. now if i can just figure out how to arrange a "permanent loan" of a couple of a-50v's, i'll be closer to nirvana.
-cfb