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Mundorf silver in oil cap burn in?

I was wondering if users of Mundorf silver in oil caps can enlighten me please. I have just changed the coupling caps in my 2A3 amp to the mundorf caps and must say that the sound is initially a bit harsh. Is this to be expected in new caps and what's the experience in terms of the length of time for adequate "burn in"
Any comments from users of these caps is greatly appreciated
ecka

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rodman99999
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A faster/less painful way to burn them in: Use either a tuner, or CD player on repeat(something with heavy bass drive on either). Turn on only the source and pre-amp and let them run whenever you're not listening to the system. Your ears will love you for it!
rodman99999
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Ecka- I don't know why I was thinking you had installed them in a pre-amp(mis-read apparently). The whole system would have to be in operation in the case of an amp mod(as you probably already know). Burn-in could be done with the speakers facing one another, and one wired out of phase to cancel part of the output(if you don't mind the time on your tubes).
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