I use pink noise track (#15) on Stereophile Test CD when I turn on the stereo after it has been shutdown for sometime. I shutdown the system whenever I am traveling. I unplug everything even if my wife is at home.
So when I turn the system back on, I find running the pink noise track helps to bring the system back to normal. I run this track very loud at 12 or 1 o’ clock position. This has nothing to do with breaking-in of components, but rather forcing all of the components in the chain to come alive.
My main issue is I have tube preamp, DAC, and phone stage. So no matter how hard I try, I still need to wait until tubes warm up and settle down. But pink noise certainly help to get the rust out of speakers drivers if any quickly after not using for sometime. However, I don’t feel the need to do this everyday or every time I sit down for a listening session.
Hope this helps.
So when I turn the system back on, I find running the pink noise track helps to bring the system back to normal. I run this track very loud at 12 or 1 o’ clock position. This has nothing to do with breaking-in of components, but rather forcing all of the components in the chain to come alive.
My main issue is I have tube preamp, DAC, and phone stage. So no matter how hard I try, I still need to wait until tubes warm up and settle down. But pink noise certainly help to get the rust out of speakers drivers if any quickly after not using for sometime. However, I don’t feel the need to do this everyday or every time I sit down for a listening session.
Hope this helps.