Why does it take so many hours to brea in arc preamps and amps?


I recently purchased a like new ARC 5 SE pre amp.  The unit had less than 200 hours on it.  Everything I have read states that ARC preamps take up to 600 hours to fully break in.  Why is this so and what improvements can I expect to hear as the unit accrues hours?
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Showing 1 response by ct0517

break in..........

break out........

burn in............

burn out..........

4 variables can lead to many combinations

and then we have ............................. warm up.

I have never come across a situation where the gear, and listener/s did not benefit from some warm up.