Time/Process of Hooking up New Equipment
Does anyone else ever felt this way? My new amp arrived with cables and I want to wait until the weekend to hook it up. I don't want to rush through it after work when it is dark and I am tired - almost rushing to get through it. I want to make it a longer event and have time to listen to my existing system, then do the work to hook it up (a bit of a pain) and then rest and have time to listen to the new amp. Maybe stretch out the fun and be fresh on a Saturday morning. What is everyone's timing / process for installing new gear and the before and after listening?
@vinylzone +1. @ghdprentice +1 Unless the unit is delivered in the evening, it’s out of the box , in the rack and hooked up once delivered. Speakers the same thing, up and running , tweaking of position along the way. Whatever the new equipment is replacing I move into my 2nd system, or boxed up for storage or sale earlier the same day.
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I’m an upgrader. I love the magic of listening to music but I’m thrilled by the possibility of the next amazing upgrade in SQ. Getting a new component comes after lots of research. So, it’s like Christmas morning and I don’t want the anticipation of wonderment to end. So, yes I stretch out connecting new equipment and enjoy the tease of making myself wait. But not for too long. And then Christmas is over and I play with my new toy happy or disappointed and lament that Christmas is again 364 days away. (Not that I can ever wait that long to create another Christmas morning.) |
It’s the ARC Ref 80S! The most difficult was removing it from the box. Then hooking it up and getting it in the rack space. But that space is near the floor. So it was easy. But it was absolutely HORRIBLE for the first hour. It’s been about 2 1/2 hours now and just starting to open up. And I am starting to hear what I heard at your place. A purity of tone. Space between the instruments. Organic. And the differences between loud and soft is pronounced and terrific. A whole different world from my previous amps. The wife is rejecting it, mostly, because of the new amount of information. And a lesson for everyone hooking up a new tube amp is that the break in is vital to hearing what the amp is capable. Playing it loud must, surely, get better with the break in.
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