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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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tuberculin
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There's no such thing as warm-up,
@millercarbon is slinging his baloney around again. Of course there is warm up. Tubes take time to warm up, at least 15-20 minutes and and hour is most ideal. SS takes longer. That's why leaving on SS equipment is good.
And differences are easily discernible, maybe not for him, but for most people. He speaks like his is the only way and the only knowledge. There is a guy like that in the bible born 2000 years ago.
Chuck Miller is a know-it-all that knows very little. He is a troll.
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