i documented my xa25 journey from new to burn in in another forum.
it sounded very good out of the box but became velvety smooth after accumulating hours.
in fact in the beginning i had to put the speaker grilles back on to help augment the brighter top end. after a few weeks running 14 hrs a day working from home the grilles came back off.
this is not unusual for amy of the amplifiers i have owned.