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Value of burn/break in?

I have my first hi end audio system. I fired it up, popped in a cd, and it doesn't have the vibrant sound that I thought it might have. I have a slightly used demo power amp from a dealer, slightly used demo speakers from a dealer, but a brand new tube preamp. A friend of mine told me that I will see a huge difference in sound quality once the tube preamp breaks in. I was wondering if I should get a break in cd or just wait till normal listening does the job
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gregm
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Speaker placement is fundamental to good sound (as is the speakers' dispersion pattern-but we can't change that!). I suggest you try the following: measure room width and place the spkrs at ~45% of that width from the back (i.e. behind them) wall and ~25% of that width from the side wall. Measure from the centre of any unit (say, the woofer). Listen and then fine-tune the sound moving the speakers in very small increments.
Good luck!
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