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Stupid Mistake

I have been doing a demo with Merrill Audio Element 116's. Excellent amps on several levels. After around a week I went back to my Classe' CA M600s. They were off for about 7 days, the longest they have been off for aprox. 4 years. I played 5 tracks with the 116's and then hooked up the Classe's and played the same 5 tracks. The Classe' sounded lifeless! Also take into consideration Class D and Class AB. I was stunned. I hooked the 116's back up.
Well it finally dawned on me last night! The amps were stone cold! No wonder they sounded lifeless! Been playing in the Audio world for a long time! And I make a bone headed blunder like that! Needless to say got up at 4:30am switched some things around and warmed up the Classe' Amps. Now my evaluation may be more accurate! Still shaking my head...
jakesnak

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bluemoodriver
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It could also be psycho-acoustics. The 116s sounded different to what your ears are used to. You liked that new sound, assigning positive words to the characteristics you liked. Switch back to the 600s and those characteristics were gone. But after a few hours the old patterns you always did like came back to you. 
Like trying out a new chair in the furniture store. Feels great!  Get home, your old chair feels soggy. But an hour into your evening tv and that old friend feels great again. Maybe it needed to warm up a bit too. 
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