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I hope break in is true

This is the first time I ever bought a brand new out of the box Preamp. No, wait. Second but, the other doesn't count.
I had made previous posts about my decision to downsize.
I have, everything is kinda good. You know, Okay.
I bought a pre here. great seller, great store. Couldn't have been smoother.
I am just not used to this type of stuff. I wanted something with a phono included. I kept it well under a $1000.00
Now, I got to ask you guys. Will this thing get better???/
I have not had to worry about break in before. Does it really exist?
It is a very well built unit. Remote, I'm not used to that! That's nice. Has everything I need. Except it isn't alive. The music is there, presented very nicely. Clean, no extra stuff. Just doesn't have any dimension.
Please tell me this is going to get better:)
scottht
narrod
1,064 posts
 
"Thats odd. I have not heard that nor experienced that. "To me" It is one non-fatiuging amp. Sounds great.
Every review I read has been positive. Thats why it is to each his own. Peace"

I was surprised because I am a big fan of the preamp. I can name a dozen amps, in my opinion, that smoke it. I agree it is non-fatiguing because the highs are rolled off.

Better amps include -

Belles 150a Hotrod
OCM 200
OCM 500
Sim 150
Odyssey Stratos
Monarch SE-100 Deluxe Monoblocks
McCormack DNA-1, 125,250
Muse 100, 150, 300
Ayre

These are only the solidstate amps I find to be better. There is a whole list of tube amps that, again, in my opinion, are far superior.

I did find it better than the Carver Sunfire.

Regards,

Wendell
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audphile1
4,777 posts
 
Usually 100 to 300 hours of component break in before you can judge it. That's been my experience. Depending on the parts used in the component, some capacitors take longer than 100 hours. But 100 hours is a base....that's been my experience. Pre-amps are easy to break in. Just leave your cd player or tuner playing 24x7, supplying a signal to the pre(powered on of course). Amplifier does not need to be on. Just source and pre.

FWIW, after changing the caps in my pre-amp, I experienced a pretty good scare for the first 100 hours of playing. But once the caps got their work out, the pre came alive and is a huge improvement over the way it sounded with the stock caps.

Good luck.
scottht OP
398 posts
 
Trust me, there are more than a dozen:) I have had $5,000 amps. Don't need um anymore. I got HEMI to play with. This amp for $200 keeps me happy. Enjoy!!
bartokfan
664 posts
 
"break in time"
Never believed in such nonsense. all midevil hocus pocus.
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r_f_sayles
872 posts
 
Bartokfan... maybe a better tweet(er) would help you hear the reality of "break-in", just kidding! Evidently, medieval hocus-pocus is alive and well. It leaves me curious to no end how so many have the true reference Hifi and yet the obvious transition of burning in gear eludes the ear. Happy Listening?! Hmmmmm
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