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Breaking (burning) in new DAC

I have a Denafrips Venus2 on order.  Everything I read says the DAC needs significant time to achieve optimal performance.  I have downstream gear with some fancy tubes that I would like to spare & also waste fewest electrons in this process.

What would theoretically be the way to burn in the DAC given these objectives?

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rkfaberdds OP
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@jimmy2615 

i was wondering if the signal needs to be processed all of the way through to get it done properly.  I appreciate your response if indeed I can leave amp & preamp powered down and still achieve burn-in

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Have your streamer playing connected to dac via digital cable. Select proper input on dac and keep these two components on 24/7. No need to keep preamp and amp on unless you’re listening. 

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Done!  Now
just waiting on Chinese new yr to be over so they’ll send the Venus2 

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