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Originally Posted by jfrech
My Vivaldi dac should be here mid week :-)
Comments on break in? A few days or a few weeks? I know my dCS Scarlatti takes 2-3 days to sound right from a full power off/cold start
Speakers: Rockport Altair 2
Preamp: Robert Koda K10 Amp: Ayre MX-R
Cables: Transparent Opus MM2 Spkr, Opus MM2 & Trans Ref MM MM2 Intcnct.
Power Shunyata Triton/Typhon, Anaconda Zitron cords (x9)
Digital dCS Scarlatti Clock/Trans/Dac with Transparent Reference XL Digital cables (clock and dual aes)
Phono: Grand Prix Monaco TT, Schroder LT arm, Jan Allaerts MC2 Finish & Lyra Atlas, Nagra VPS/VFS
Racks: Grand Prix Audio Silverstone F1 (x2)
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When your dCS Vivaldi is new, I found you need to give it at least a good 4 days before it stabilize. In terms of break-in, I would say at least 300-500 hours minimum, but I must say I noticed a big jump in performance once I got to 1,000 hours.
I leave mine ON all the time so getting to 1,000 hours should take you 5-6 weeks or so. I am well beyond 10,000 hours on mine and it sounds nothing like when it was new. Don't get me wrong it sound great out of the box, but something magical happen passed 1,000.
I would be curious to know what others have to say...