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Belles Aria Integrated burn in time

I recently purchased a Belles Aria Integrated and so far couldn’t be more pleased. From both the manual and other postings, the burn in time seems to be about 200-250 hours. Aside from the sound, I love how quiet and cool it runs. When playing music at low volumes (baby in the house), I can’t detect any sound from the amp. In fact, I often leave it on with the mute button on and have never noticed it. 

I’m at roughly 6 hours, and think it’s absolutely fantastic. I was interested in some feedback as I keep listening. I’m very curious about what to expect, as at the moment I don’t see any room for improvement. Please keep in mind that this is the first time I’ve owned an amp of this caliber. The Belles has replaced my NAD T785 AV Receiver as I’m now only interested in analog stereo. 
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I’ve been enjoying my Aria Integrated immensely the past 3 days.  I bought it with maybe 100 hours on it.  It sounds fantastic so if it gets better I’ll be elated.  The synergy between this musIcal amp and the musical Fritz Carrera BE’s is really good.

The manual says 250 hours.  Something else that I thought was interesting is the damping factor of 2000.  That seems very high.  
I also popped the cover off to look inside and it’s laid out very nicely.  
The Aria is an understated amp!  Not the most muscular but good power and it has the magic.  The imaging, the soundstage, the vocals, the highs are all to die for.

Between my speakers, dac and integrated, my system has a goosebumps factor that I’ve never had. Oh man, the music is good right now, let me tell ya!
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