Well after some talk with Gordon Gray in another thred about Break in time on CD players, I will ask this in a new spin off thred.
1.What do you all consider a real world break in time for a CD player?
2. How do you go about breaking yours in?
3. Is it tube or solid state?
4. Any other tweaks that you use and have found to improve the sound !
I usually try and demo new equipment 1 piece at a time with other known equipment that you are familiar with and has been in your system for a while . That way you are not wondering if it was the warm sound from the new pre-amp or the new CD player.
As for CD players I have found that most Solid state players will sound very close to their longterm sound by running them for 24 hrs on repeat mode . It gives the laser mechanism time to move about and get settled in. It heats up all the circuits and electronics . It gives a long term heat cycle to the capacitors and such. This is what I have done with every CD player I have demoed. I have been right on about 90% of the time. Now that being said . If you run a outstanding CD player through poor upstream electronics and such nothing will help it.
Here and lies the other side of the fence where a longer break in may be needed. TUBES ! I have personally not had a Tube CD player. I have had a few tube pre-amps and they did require a bit more time to get that soft mellow tube sound. So what do you TUBE guys do?
What methods and tweaks do you all use ? Lets hear it!
1.What do you all consider a real world break in time for a CD player?
2. How do you go about breaking yours in?
3. Is it tube or solid state?
4. Any other tweaks that you use and have found to improve the sound !
I usually try and demo new equipment 1 piece at a time with other known equipment that you are familiar with and has been in your system for a while . That way you are not wondering if it was the warm sound from the new pre-amp or the new CD player.
As for CD players I have found that most Solid state players will sound very close to their longterm sound by running them for 24 hrs on repeat mode . It gives the laser mechanism time to move about and get settled in. It heats up all the circuits and electronics . It gives a long term heat cycle to the capacitors and such. This is what I have done with every CD player I have demoed. I have been right on about 90% of the time. Now that being said . If you run a outstanding CD player through poor upstream electronics and such nothing will help it.
Here and lies the other side of the fence where a longer break in may be needed. TUBES ! I have personally not had a Tube CD player. I have had a few tube pre-amps and they did require a bit more time to get that soft mellow tube sound. So what do you TUBE guys do?
What methods and tweaks do you all use ? Lets hear it!