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Denefrips Pontus "burn in" period?

Hello all

 

Now there's a chance I may be a little premature with this, but I've received my Pontus 8 days ago and have had it running ever since, powered up, most of the time with signal going through it, and so far I'm a little concerned. I am aware that with this particular dac it is recommended to run it roughly 10 days before it really burns in, but being only a couple of days away, I can't say the sound has changed very noticeably. Matter of fact, when I A/B with my project S2 plus dac, and even my blue sound node internal deck, I can barely tell a difference! Does burning happen gradually? Is there all of a sudden a hallelujah moment where this thing starts kicking ass? Does anybody have more experience with this particular piece of gear? Current system is rogue audio ST100 amp, rogadio RP1 preamp, upgraded tubes, blue jean cabling, upgraded power cords on power amp and preamp. I had high hopes that this dac that has received so much high praise was going to blow my meager dacs out of the water, and so far not the case at all. I must say, the thing weighs a ton and looks gorgeous, but I'm getting a little concerned at this point that I may end up disappointed. Talk me off the ledge!

 

jin78

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zkidd
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I actually have to wonder about the 100 hours of break-in from the factory and here is why:

I ordered an Ares 15 and from the time of the order to the time it was at my front door was six days....six days. Now either Denafrips has a fair amount of Ares 15 DACs already built and getting broken in / already broken in and ready to ship, or the 100 hours is more a sales pitch for if my unit was to be assembled as I was led to believe, well, 100 hours is a little more than four days so that would  mean my Ares 15 would make it from China, through Customs and to my front door in two days. That is impressive. So I am going with the thought that the 100 hours is not accurate at all and I am getting a unit that is cold and will need a lot of time on it.

Just in case anyone is still wondering about the break-in period...

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