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Hi Keith, I do not own a K-01 at this time. My past findings are summarized in some of my previous posts. Sorry... I am not looking for "believers" of any sort... A healthy dose of Skepticism is expected and welcome. If anyone has experienced stabilization of K-01 in significantly less than 1K hours, please post your detailed findings here or on one of the various K-01 related threads.

G.

Hey Matt,now I can see how power company executives can receive those outlandish golden parachutes!

...High-end audio equipment burn-in with a smidgen of OCD thrown into the mix. Keep that meter spinning...big daddy wants to parachute right into a hacienda on the beach, in Maui,of course...

Great thread...carry-on.

Matt,
That was a good one...Lol. I will send you a PM with my permanent contact info to pass it onto your wife to contact me whenever she decides to sell some of your stuff. I can't wait.

Gentleman, I am not kidding here about the burn-in proccess of the Esoteric K-01, go ahead, talk to any owner you like, they will tell you the same, go to the few threads here about the Esoteric players, I have had this conversation many times with owners of all the new Esoteric units, I was just like all of you guys, I did not believe it either!, after so many times of being told the same thing by all the owners, I had no choice but to believe them, OCD has NOTHING to do with it!

Hi Matt,
I have been following this excellent and enlightening thread for a while and would like to chime in with regard to the issue of burn-in.
I have been enjoying my K-01 for more than 2 years now. While I agree that burn-in is important, thinking about this detracts from the immense pleasure that can be wrought from this amazing player well before the 500-1000+ hours called out by others. I would like to echo Ctsooner that 200 hours is good enough to start enjoying the gorgeous capabilities of this player.
I also have The Muzik speakers in my system, and with the K-01, this is indeed a match made in audio heaven.
The sooner we stop thinking about the number of hours needed for burn-in of each of the options - 4 for upsampling and 4 for digital filtering, the sooner we can derive pleasure from just listening. While there are gains still to be perceived after more hours, the increments are small.
After 200 hours, the many options/combinations can be tailored according to the overall system sound, personal tastes and the recording on hand. The beauty of this machine lies in its ability to be tailored to many possible situations with no one "right" combination. It's simply laissez-faire.
Congrats on getting your ODSE DAC. Unless I am missing something, with the ODSE as DAC for the K-01 as transport, the burn-in of all the K-01's options may be moot.

Happy listening!
Jon.