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@tomic601 

my opinion of short term “ shootouts “ is pretty low

If my recall is correct, I believe we were supposed to move the gear along to the next tour stop after about 10 days.  Certainly less time than a professional reviewer would spend with it but enough to allow two weekends and way more time (in our own systems) than we would get with it at an audio show or in a retail showroom.  Nothing is perfect but I believed it was enough time for me to sort out the overall performance of the piece, especially since I was introducing only the one new thing. 

Reviews are public. The best opinions are private. 

It is difficult to makes a simplest and more accurate reflexion about reviews... :)
My best to you mijostyn….

It is the reason I prefer accidental reviewers and not professional one, or wanted to be pro reviewer … :)

" I wrote a review of my wife yesterday and i sell it today..." Groucho Marx

@mitch2  I think you had the duration right assuming it’s broke in before... my ARC preamp was squirrelly up to 300 hours...

I had a sub rant going on shootouts... sorry

Nope, nada, not. With all due respect of course.