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Burning in a new DAC

I'll be receiving my new DAC soon; the manufacturer suggests a burn-in period that may take up to a month. I have not understood this process well. My question is, does the DAC need to be feeding (in this case a Transcendent Sound pre-amp)a piece of equipment that is actively "outputting" (turned on, driving an amp), or can burn-in be achieved simply by having the DAC turned on with an active *input* (from my HagUSB)? If I don't have to have my tube gear turned on (preamp, amp), and can simply leave my iTunes actively playing music files, outputted to the HagUSB (& therefore the DAC), I will leave my computer (& the HagUSB,& the DAC) running 24/7 to do so to achieve burn-in quicker.
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I have no special affinity to any particular "brand" of CD setup/ maintenance disc but I've had one for years and wouldn't be without it. 

The one I have is long discontinued and also has a cleaning function (has small brushes affixed to the CD to clean the laser) and has a number of setup tracks as well as demagnetizing sweep tones (they work) and a burn in track. 

Wouldn't pay more than $15-$20 for something like this, but the linked XLO looks interesting. If I lost what I had I might spring for this one. 

http://https//elusivedisc.com/xlo-reference-recordings-test-burn-in-hdcd/

Bought a new DAC recently and simply ran the burn in track on repeat for about 5-6 hours. Done. For the most part anyway. 
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