Everyone whose Merlins...

Larry,

I honestly cannot say. I, at the best of times, have 45 minutes a day to listen to my system at night and I try my best during that time not to think about the equipment (I do that during the day, however :)). It could very well have a break in period, by it completely went by unnoticed.
I just followed Bobby’s advice about the best way to “break in” the Super BAM and have been enjoying it since day one.

David

100 plus hours of use for ac ops and at least a half dozen full battery discharges and charge up cycles will do the trick. to do this unplug the unit and switch to battery and the batteries will drain overnight with no music playing. the chip set draws a few volts at idle. then charge them up for 24 hours by playing music and drain again, etc.
bobby at merlin

Bobby,

In my rig, the sound continued to improve with 15 or 20 discharges/recharges. Just gets better and better : ))

yes it will,
5 or 6 charge cycles is the point where the sound gets really enjoyable.
that is all i meant.
the whole unit needs 100 plus hours on it to sound its best.
bobby