Doh, left system off all night

Interesting.  I really didn't end up liking it that much last night. Today it's certainly better.

Interestingly, my amps, Class D, stayed on during all of this, so whatever I'm hearing it's between the source and preamp.

Best,

Erik

I have an all tube system and turn it on about an hour before a listening session, even doing this it still needs another 30 minutes to an hour of actual playing time to get up to speed.

Erik,  IMO, class D requires more time to reach optimal temperature.  I own both tube and solid state gear and it never takes more than couple of hours before I sit down to enjoy my system. 

Tube gear takes about half an hour to 45 minutes. Solid state amps sometimes take a few hours of playing music, sometimes a lot less. But once the amps are on and warmed up, they don’t need continuous music.  I usually leave them on 24/7 and don't have to worry about warm-up.

But the SS DAC!!! ughhh... That needs a few hours of music to warm up and continuous play to stay that way. I’m getting a new DAC so I’m not too worried about it.