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Break In Time..just being on...or music played ?

I just recently purchased a new high-end pre-amp and yes, I read the manual concerning ''break in time'' ....but the question that I present here is ; '' Does a new piece of equipment get broken in by just being turned on.....or in the case of my new pre-amp, does it need the usual 100 hours or so of music played through it to get broken in '' ????
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eldartford
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Jmcgrogan2...Is it also necessary for someone to be listening?
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jmcgrogan2
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Eldartford, no, IMHO.
That's why I said that turning the amp on was optional.
He could just run the cd through the preamp, with the amp off.

When I was burning in my phono stage, I played the Granite Audio CD on repeat 24/7, when I was not listening to vinyl (amp and preamp were off). Obviously when I was listening, I listened to the cartridge with the amp and preamp on. That's how I could tell how much it opened up, even after just a couple of days of running the cd.
FWIW, the phono preamp I bought was the BAT VK-P10SE w/ Super-Pak. Those huge oil-can caps take quite a few days to burn in right. It was amazing how it sounded after a week of burn-in compared to right out of the box. Night and day, so to speak.

John
jea48
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I agree with Jmcgrogan2, you need signal traveling through the electronics of the preamp. You do not have to leave your power amp on.
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