|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
|
|
General Asylum General audio topics that don't fit into specific categories. |
|
In Reply to: My real question re. ' Break In' of components.. posted by AJ F on March 3, 2006 at 09:42:24:
Several years ago I bought a SLI80 amp with new Svetlana KT88’s (#1). It sounded very thin and lifeless until around 75 hours of play (it was actually rather sudden improvement!). I wasn’t sure if it was my imagination or if the tubes actually changed.So I went and bought 2 more new sets of the same tubes (#2 and #3). I blind A/B’d the new (#2) with the old (#1) and the difference was very clear and obvious. I also compared the two new sets (#2 and #3) to each other and couldn’t hear any difference whatsoever.
I listened to #2 set until I heard the improvement again. The final result? Now #1 and #2 now sounded identical and virgin #3 was easily discriminated from burnt-in #2.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- There’s an easy listening test for this - Caymus 20:11:04 03/03/06 (3)
- The original post asked about cables, not tubes - very different mechanics involved. NT - TommyK 09:49:21 03/05/06 (0)
- Re: There’s an easy listening test for this - AJ F 08:28:59 03/04/06 (0)
- this is what I as talking about in my post . nt - BJordan 20:18:33 03/03/06 (0)
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
