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In Reply to: Re: On the contrary, and thank you! posted by 3fd on January 4, 2004 at 18:06:09:
You quoted that a vacuum tube PREAMP takes 200 hours to break in, at 10 hours per day that's 20 days. That's 3 weeks. Mine definitely wasn't even on 10 hours per day for music, but I did leave it on a blank tuner station at low volume as often as possible. Your quote:> Tweakers' Asylum, Re: new to tubes, need help (0.00)
> Posted by 3fd on 2002-03-17, 05:34:25 (67.24.90.33)
> Hello,Try breaking in the unit for at least the 100 hours.
> I personally think 150 to 200 hours gives you a better break inSo 3 weeks is OK for a preamp, but 6 weeks is outrageous for a power amp (well, and pre, and DAC in the panasonic). Where does the line cross from reasonable in your estimation to outrageous? 4 weeks? 5 weeks?
Regarding your point "Did the component change or your ears?" - hey man, that's a good point with respect to short term shootouts vs owning a component and listening daily for hours per day - every component has a personality (sadly), and it takes a while to acclimatize - hell, it takes quite a while just to get through one's reference recordings, the less obvious character a component has the longer it takes to pin it down. The truer to the source, the less character a component has.
I'd take you up on the pixie dust, but shipping powerder across the border to canada is probably not wise these days.
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- Isn't this your quote? - longtimequadowner 01/4/0418:53:02 01/4/04 (1)
- Re: Isn't this your quote? - 3fd 19:34:26 01/4/04 (0)
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