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In Reply to: Something to chew on.....Dispelling an ugly urban myth..... posted by tubesforever on September 8, 2006 at 21:47:37:
Actually my equipment generally sounds OK in relatively short amount of time, but not anywhere near their optimal.My tube preamp has exaggerated bass and fore-shortened soundstage for 4-5 hours after cold start. The Melos phono needs to be on overnight to smooth out the midrange.
The solid state stuff, especially the Sunfire Siggy Amp, requires many hours before the fine grain is gone from the midrange and dynamics are of the scale the amp is capable of.
The CD player sounds bright and "digital" for several hours after a cold start.
Simply put, if you power down your equipment all the time and cold start when you want to have a listen, chances are you have not heard your system at anywhere near its full potential.
This is akin to the well-heeled "darling-of-the-month" club audiophile that buys the latest and greatest and then decides to flip it (at a big financial loss) and get something else because it "didn't sound good" out of the box.
cheers,
Close to the Edge, down by the river....
-Ray
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Follow Ups
- I Completely disagree. Warm up has nothing to do with break-in. These are 2 separate issues... - Ray-o-Stat 08:50:41 09/09/06 (1)
- Hooray..... - damage k 09:19:24 09/09/06 (0)