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3 Hour Warm-up?

I have a pair of conrad johnson Premier V mono-blocks that take a minimum of 3 hours to warm up and continue to improve even then. This seems excessively long to me, but when they do finally warm up the sound is ethereal. Until then, the sound is muffled, constricted and excessively warm even for cj. The highs settle in first, the lower mid range is so bloated and diffuse it's really quite unlistenable prior to warm-up. It's hard to believe this is how they are intended to operate but if you guys tell me "that's how it is" then "that's how it is". I guess what I'm asking is: Even though the amps eventually sound great to me, could there be something wrong contributing to the long warm-up?
phaelon
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arcticdeth
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Tunes today, preamp on for 30+hrs, CD player on for 1 hr, amps on for 1 hr.  It did take a good three hrs of playing music for everything to open up. 

Warming up is real !!!!

naysayers are wrong. 

Treble le really opened up and extended, midrange also. 
Bass took a while to get tight and authoraive. 

Yes, it's true. 
kdude66
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arcticdeth,
 
I totally agree with you warmup time and best sound does vary with different equipment but is a real thing that all of us have to deal with.

Kenny,
ebm
9,311 posts
 
3 Hours is very long should sound great after 1 hour oh well.Good luck!
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arcticdeth
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The capacitors in my amps are newer teflon ones, and was told they are not even broken in yet. 
They were installed by Mr. Babineau. 
They sound good nfter an hour, but after 24 hrs, it's a noticeable difference of the treble, and smoothness and clarity of the midrange. The bass also tightens up and becomes deeper in tone.





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