Meanwhile, back in the real world.... not being connected means you have an open circuit. Getting silly technical as per the norm around here, that means no electrons moving. No current. Not even milliamps. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
So the output stage isn’t breaking in at all. That doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Obviously there are plenty of circuits operating within the player that are indeed being burned in this way.
That said, the only way to fully burn it in is to play it, and to play it into a working operating turned on amp. Because turn the amp off, now you are back to the same situation where the circuit is open and nothing is happening.
Personally, I enjoy listening all through this process. If I ever bought anything so crappy it wasn’t fun to hear right out of the box I would first of all pack it up and ship it off, all the while berating myself and searching for answers as to why my search process was so flawed anything so awful was even possible. Then I would make sure and not repeat this mistake ever again. Which is why the last time this happened was so many years ago I don’t even remember....
But that’s me. The guy who actually understands this stuff.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367
So the output stage isn’t breaking in at all. That doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Obviously there are plenty of circuits operating within the player that are indeed being burned in this way.
That said, the only way to fully burn it in is to play it, and to play it into a working operating turned on amp. Because turn the amp off, now you are back to the same situation where the circuit is open and nothing is happening.
Personally, I enjoy listening all through this process. If I ever bought anything so crappy it wasn’t fun to hear right out of the box I would first of all pack it up and ship it off, all the while berating myself and searching for answers as to why my search process was so flawed anything so awful was even possible. Then I would make sure and not repeat this mistake ever again. Which is why the last time this happened was so many years ago I don’t even remember....
But that’s me. The guy who actually understands this stuff.
https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367