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DAC Burn-In Question

I am burning in a new PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (glowingly reviewed in this month's TAS -- and rightly so) and as the review points out and as I am learning, it requires significant burn in.

Question: I am feeding the DS DAC from a Bryston BDP-1 digital transport, and DAC feeds into preamp. If I am listening to a tuner through the preamp while playing the DAC as it is connected to preamp, am I burning in the DAC? Or does the pre actually have to be set to the DAC input and then be pushing the signal out to the amp?

I do not have the technical knowledge to know the answer, but want to make sure I am not wasting my time. And BTW, even partially burned in, this DAC is something special. More on this when it is ripened.

Thx, Neal
nglazer
bigshutterbug
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No, the pre-amp does not have to be set to the DAC in order to burn it in the way you are doing it. You are fine....
nglazer OP
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Thank you very much. What a relief!
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tboooe
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nglazer, would love to hear your feedback on the Direct Stream. I love the idea of using FPGA instead of DAC chips.
stevecham
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I have a DAC2 that I had upgraded to SE by W4S and it was a major improvment in resolution but more importantly it sounded even more like an analog source (vinyl/tape) with much more warmth and punch. I run a PS Audio PWT into it through the I2S interconnect and my audio buds tell me that, finally, a digital source they enjoy listening too.
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