Yep, follow unit instructions: Power on, play. I personally don't like sitting through the break-in process because it's harder to perceive the differences over time. I prefer to listen at the beginning and take note of initial reactions, let it play for a decent period of time, then listen again for changes. |
You can accomplish the burn-in process either way. I'm too impatient, and don't like to sit through the transformations that take place, to listen for 200 hrs while components burn. I just sample for a while every day. Whatever your signal source, your power amp needn't be turned on to burn-in a pre. To save the hours on my CDP(and it's tubes) I use a tuner, either between stations(white noise kinda), or on a "rap"(yuch!) station for the heavy bass content. |
Well if we are talking about the new Pass Labs XP-10 (which I own) its designed to be left on all the time, there is no on /off button. The manual says it reaches its full potential after 24 hours of being plugged in. But if your like me , I would say give it a week of being on 24/7 before crtically judging it. I broke mine in by having my cable TV output on a music channel running though it all the time. Its really painless because it sounds pretty good right after hook up and does not go through massive changes with more hours on it. |
@stanwine congrats!!! if you stream music just have your streamer playing 24/7. You don’t need to have the amp on. Also, keeping the preamp on even if not playing will help too. Just turn off the display when not listening (that’s what I do with my xp-12). |
@rodman99999 HAHAHAHA!!! |
Think about how you broke in a TV set, stereo or AV reciever or any other audio / video component you have ever owned. The preamp is just electronic parts in a case. No need to over think it. In fact it might be fun to listen closely right out of the box and take notes about how it sounds good and bad. log the hours and tracks you played. keep notes for several weeks and report back how different it may sound after 100, 200 or 300 hours. Then YOU will become the expert. |
@rodman99999 nah…he’s taking his sweet time lol |