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Burning in question

I bought an NAD M33 for a system in a 2nd home.  I want to run it in before installing and these amps are notorious for needing a lot of time before sounding as designed.  

The speaker terminals on the M33 won’t accept my ribbon cables.  I’m curious if any of you have an opinion or experience to share.  Will an amp burn in just being on, but without a load at the taps, and without playing/streaming a file?

For those who think burn in is hooey, please just kindly move along - nothing to see or hear, here.

Best to all,

 

mgrif104

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ghdprentice
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I just remembered that my Audio Research Ref 5SE used to require music being run through it for 10 - 15 minutes every time… even if it was powered on for an hour or two. Then it would sound notably better. Not a click and instantly sounded better… but over say 30 seconds every time. I thought I was crazy… I posted to a high end audio forum where lots of folks owned these and got many replies that They heard it also and it was a known thing… Happily, I just realized it does not happen with my REF 6SE.

 

So, I am thinking that is somewhat indirect evidence that initial breakin requires something flowing through it. Try lamp-cord… or cut up an extension cord to get around the ribbon cable issue.

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