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RE: Bill...two quick questions...off topic...

Hey, Mark--thanks for your interest.

DirectStream takes a good long burn-in. The number 500 hours is thrown around a lot. Whether that's due to the FPGA, the stout power-supply--couldn't tell you.

I couldn't vouch for that number myself; I just set up a continuous feed from a CD player and let in rip for a long while. It just gets better and better. I'm not anal-retentive to run a timer during the process. ;->

The single most amazing thing about DS is how good RedBook content sounds through it--it really is unfreakingbelievable. As one who owns thousands of CDs (and LPs)--that's significant to me. I do have hi-res files, but I'm damn sure not buying everything all over again.


The amps come up to speed relatively quickly--I'd say 20-50 hours to hit peak performance. That said, the tubes are burned in, and I've heard them be absolutely stunning, cold out of the box--at reviewer's homes, where they blew away megabuck amps. It's really satisfying to experience that.

Josh is good people: we're in touch pretty much daily. Holler if I can help.

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