Marchomm, I picked up the ST2140 a year ago last fall to replace on old Hafler DH200. I only paid 450 bucks for it brand new. The salesman recommended 40 hours of burn in, so I played it 24/7 for a week. I didn't want to rush to judgement on this piece. After the week I settled in for some critical listening. To be honest, it was God awful. Contrained, harsh, unlistenable at anything more than conversation levels. No soundstage at all. It sounded like something was choking it. I re-inserted my Hafler. Sounded great. So I brought it back. Maybe it wasn't burned in enough. But I'll never know.
