@oldhvymec noted on the use of burn/break.
All right fellas I unplugged the thing for the night, will continue to break in / power down for another week and check back here. I'm not completely giving up on this thing yet.
Denefrips Pontus "burn in" period?
Hello all
Now there's a chance I may be a little premature with this, but I've received my Pontus 8 days ago and have had it running ever since, powered up, most of the time with signal going through it, and so far I'm a little concerned. I am aware that with this particular dac it is recommended to run it roughly 10 days before it really burns in, but being only a couple of days away, I can't say the sound has changed very noticeably. Matter of fact, when I A/B with my project S2 plus dac, and even my blue sound node internal deck, I can barely tell a difference! Does burning happen gradually? Is there all of a sudden a hallelujah moment where this thing starts kicking ass? Does anybody have more experience with this particular piece of gear? Current system is rogue audio ST100 amp, rogadio RP1 preamp, upgraded tubes, blue jean cabling, upgraded power cords on power amp and preamp. I had high hopes that this dac that has received so much high praise was going to blow my meager dacs out of the water, and so far not the case at all. I must say, the thing weighs a ton and looks gorgeous, but I'm getting a little concerned at this point that I may end up disappointed. Talk me off the ledge!
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@jin78 It'll all be fine. Don't jump just yet. Most gear including cables need about a month to burn in. It'll be fine. |
Yea give it every chance and THEN kill it.. I know nothing about that unit but some of the fancy rigs have teflon caps and silver clad wire/PTFE. All of that stuff can drive you nuts trying to get it Broken in. I've never been real to up date on DACs but gear in general, usually, the better the gear, the longer the break-in. Especially big high voltage boutique caps. 500-1000 hours.. Cables that aren't at least, conditioned take a while to break in too. Copper with silver clad. Copper plug, drop and walk.. All that can make a difference. Then there is the chance it's a pile.. I can make Yoko Ono sound like Barbra Streisand with my rig. What you don't want is Barbra Streisand sounding like Yoko Ono. |
As you may know Alvin ships his DACs with 100 hours of burn in. This is a very cool thing. Not many makers do that. Now when orders back up could the 100 hours turn out to be 5 hours?
I bought the same DAC in December. I was traveling for the holidays so I loaned to a buddy to get some hours on it. The instructions advise against turning it completely off. Rather use the standby mode.
It it does not sound better than the the bluesound something is very wrong. Contact CS at Denafrips and let them review setup with you. If it is defective there is a warranty. Use it. |
op did not mention his speakers - he may well not have a system resolving enough to hear a meaningful difference the pontus is very good, especially in terms of portraying an expansive soundstage and excellent tonality notable in its warmth and body -- though treble may have a touch of grain, even with an excellent source signal |
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