Burn-in CD

As a rule the older Purist CD would accomplish the break-in in about 48-72 hours. The newer disc will do it in about six hours. I have used both over the last three years and have been amazed by how well, and fast they work.

They have sound recorded on them that would not normally be encountered with playing Rock for 200 hours. I'm not sure what all of that noise is, but I have heard it work, and my conclusion is that the Purist CD does what it claims to do.

I am not familiar with your piticualar burn in CD. It might work, it might not.

I think you are right in saying that burning in is going to take 250-300 hrs. My studio 40s took at least 200 to really start sounding thier best.

I would go easy on your new speakers for the first 50 hours or so while everything settles in. You could also try just leaving your speaker on for 3-4 weeks playing quitly at night and louder by day. You can have the things well broken-in inside of a month. Thats what I did.

If you are in a real rush I think Sterophile has a speaker burn in disc, but personally I would just wait out the burn in proccess. Within a week they will sound quite good and are very listenable. After that you will notice inprovemets but is probably not spending money on a burn in disc to rush you through this time.

Hope this helps and enjoy your new speakers.
Cheers,
Nick

How does the PAD compare to the disc from Ayre?