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Burn-in info for Sony XA5400ES

Hi all,
I just received my new 5400ES and wonder about burn-in process: from this forum, onwers suggest 250-400 hrs break-in. But there are 2 DACs (for RBCD and SACD) so should I need to break-in using both SACD and RBCD (say 250 hrs per each) ? Also does it matter which output (XLR vs RCA) that need to break-in ?
Thanks
Thuan
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tgyeti
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Buco hasn't a clue, ignore him/her. I bought this player new and noticed a tremendous improvement after 100 hours of continuous play. In all honesty I haven't noticed much of a change sense.

I love this player. A steal at $1500.
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thuan98 OP
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Thanks all,
I'm on CD burn-in side at 50 hrs mark - Will do SACD side after 100hrs.
I'll compare side-by-side with my Cary 306-200
Regards
Thuan
hififile
236 posts
 
I ran the Ayre burn in CD continuously for a full day and it made a slight difference. The Sony sounded superb right out of the box by the way.
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thuan98 OP
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Hi all,
My new XA5400ES hits 150hrs break-in on RBCD.
I just connect it to my system and compare to my Cary 306/200 on RBCD. My Cary player (with non-upsampling mode) has more detail, body, micro-dynamic
Overall, I would rate Sony on RBCD 8/10 compare to Cary 306/200 - which is not bad when MSRP $1500 vs $5000
My system consist of Merlin VSM-MXe/Cary SLP-05/Cary CAD120S/PS Audio PPP/Cardas GR
Not sure if I want to keep it :-)
PS: I'll try to compare it with my old time SCD777ES soon
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