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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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If you are a "specific" type of individual, follow the manual, and If I may recommend taking some general listening notes after 40hrs, 80, 150, 250hrs of burn-in. You can simply self-score low, mids, highs, soundstage, general observations and other thoughts and reflect back to yourself later on what did or did not change. It can be interesting to do.      

If you find it fatiguing to sit and listen in the first 100hrs, just step away from it at times, let it run, and check back incrementally to enjoy changes!  Congrats on the Belles Aria.  Good Luck and have fun!  
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