Leave the amp on 24/7 for a week even better if you can play some music through it during that time. At that point it will have another 168 hours on it. At that point IMO that's pretty much what you are going to get but small changes could occur past that I guess. If there is no difference go back to what you were doing. My guess is it will be better and you may want to consider leaving it on all the time as lots of us do. If I go on vacation I may shut it down but otherwise I leave it on. Great speakers IMO. I heard them and they didn't go real deep but were punchy and not bass shy. I'm a big Focal fan.
Hegel H160 and Focal Electra 1008Be sounding bass-less
Hi -
When I had auditioned the H160 at the dealer with the same set of speakers it sounded gorgeous with meaty bass even on the bookshelves. When i received the new H160 6 years ago we thought it would open up eventually but its been 6 years and about 50 hours or so on it and yet it continues to remain dry. Any clues what might be going on. Also recently I had crackling in the left channel for which I had to drop it off at the service center to get it fixed. I have another Marantz built like a tank and have owned it for 15 years+ with no trouble. Not sure if there are any similar issues folks are seeing with Hegel in general.
Thx