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Value of burn/break in?

I have my first hi end audio system. I fired it up, popped in a cd, and it doesn't have the vibrant sound that I thought it might have. I have a slightly used demo power amp from a dealer, slightly used demo speakers from a dealer, but a brand new tube preamp. A friend of mine told me that I will see a huge difference in sound quality once the tube preamp breaks in. I was wondering if I should get a break in cd or just wait till normal listening does the job
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easola01 OP
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Some good suggestions. I wish I could leave it on, but I am a truck driver and gone most of the time.

Amarg....good points about my speakers and power amp as far as burn in, and then also my interconnects and power cables which are all brand new as well. Hifiman 5 said be patient...sounds appropriate
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Great advice. Experience the process of the change! That sounds logical.

n80.....I wish I could fiddle with speaker placement. My system, unfortunately, has to be placed in my bedroom. No room for moving speakers, they are constricted in opposite corners of the room. The limited space also doesn't allow for much fiddling with room treatments...so I purchased a Dspeaker antimode 2.0 dual core room correction device. Looking forward to calibration on that.
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n80...so you noticed bass tightness and soundstage with minor adjustments in speaker angle? Interesting! Will try but I have read that pretty much everyone puts their speakers toed in at about 45 degrees so there is a triangle listening arrangement
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Thank you. I have a Jolida Fusion Preamp with a level 1 upgrade as follows:

Replacement of 13 capacitors with Clarity Cap ESAs. Gold pin 12AX7 tubes.
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easola01 OP
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Thank you. I have a Jolida Fusion Preamp with a level 1 upgrade as follows:

Replacement of 13 capacitors with Clarity Cap ESAs. Gold pin 12AX7 tubes.
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