DAC break-in question

I agree. In my experience if I hated how a cable or a component sounded right out of the gate no amount of break in could help. 

I am a true believer in “break in”. And you’re going to love that DAC! I had that in my second system and was blown away at the jump in performance when adding this to my system. What a great little DAC. Nothing comes close in that price range and even doubling the price nothing touches it imho. Enjoy!

Interesting. I can absolutely attest that my new BHK pre to my new Focal Clears required significant burn in before I enjoyed the sound. 

Even though we’re not debating (thankfully) the merits of run in, I’ll add my $.02. 

I’m still breaking in my new DAC which I acquired late December (as I haven’t been there that much). I couldn’t resist listening to it and my first thoughts were I may have made a very expensive mistake. It was smooth, but dynamically constrained and the soundstage not better than what i had. But I gave it a couple of weeks and it is now coming to life and the difference from out of the box is stunning. A magnitude of difference significantly greater than any component upgrade I’ve made. 

@mgrif104 Which DAC did you buy?