Today I've been really unhappy with the sound of my system. Bass is too bloated and treble is scratchy. I was racking my head trying to figure out what I changed.
Took me an hour to remember I left the system off for about 24 hours. Doh!
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.
Erik, I find the same thing with my Class A amps. They continue to improve (logarithmically) for about 10 hours, but are listenable after one. Oddly enough, the SS preamp is pretty stable after 5 minutes.
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