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Oppo 95: Burn-in...and Fan

Hi,

I just received my Oppo 95. I have a question and an observation:

How long have people found it takes before the unit is burned-in and sounding at least close to its best?

I definitely hear the fan...up to about 12 feet or so. I do have a very quiet listening environment most of the time. I'm worried, though, because I sit about 2 feet from my player! (and have to) Has anyone come up with any solutions to the fan noise? (other than putting the player a long way from the listening position, that is)

Thanks very much!
John

p.s. I know some say they don't hear the fan when music is playing. I understand, but it's clearly affecting the noise floor. And enjoying very subtle details, ambience, decay, etc. are very important to me.
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kzhtoo
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Jdub39, thank you for the info.

My unit currently has about 15 hr. Sounds slightly better than out of the box. Still far away from how it is described in Absolute Sound review and from this thread. Hopefully breaking in really does the trick (from my limited experience, breaking in is real for some electronics but not so much for others). But I do sense the detail nature of sabre 32-bit dac. After breaking in, I'll do a comparison with my Electrocompaniet ECD-1 24-bit upsampling dac (old but still in production) using optical out from Oppo.
kzhtoo
222 posts
 
Passed 60 hr today and it's still edgy and non-cohesive. :( I see subtle changes here and there and soundstage isn't that restrictive anymore. But I start to worry it won't meet my expectation and have good synergy with the rest of my gears. I have Focal Electra speakers, Paradigm sub, Pass XA30.5 amp and XP-10 pre that are considerably pricier than Oppo 95. Pretty revealing yet sweet sound due to pure class A amp.

How big of a difference between a fully broken in unit and a unit with 60 hr playing time??

BTW I used flac files from USB drive for burn-in. The music is mostly Diana Krall, Nora Jones, Cassandra Wilson, etc that I downloaded from HD Tracks and some very bass heavy EDM from iTunes.
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roscoeiii
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Well, if you aren't satisified, maybe the just announced 105 will float your boat. No fan. And a ton of just killer featured.
kzhtoo
222 posts
 
Oh boy, I just bought my 95 (maybe modwright mod soon).

Roscoeiii, is there any estimate release date of 105? I just read on a blog, 105 highlights for me are - no fan, optical/coaxial/usb inputs. No mention of the dac.
kzhtoo
222 posts
 
Just passed 150 hours on 95 this morning. Jdub39's burn-in schedule has been spot on (a big kudos!). It sounds like a totally different player than out of the box and becomes very acceptable for me. Can't wait for the 300 and 600 marks. I will still hold my judgement until then, but sounds very promising.
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