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Each time you change the volume setting you will hear the rotary control lock a resister into place, and there are 46 individual resisters (volume control goes up to 46 maximum). If you want to break the unit in quicker than turn it to the setting you feel you will use most of the time and listen at that setting and that should help the unit break-in quicker. |
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That's pretty dumb. You're designing things wrong when every volume level needs to be broken in. It's been a long while but I don't recall hearing a major difference between consecutive volume levels when my KX-R was new and after break in on (based on the above claims) only some volume levels.
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Have I a noticed differences at each volume setting? No, but I tend to listen at the same selected volume settings most of the time, which means those resisters are breaking in quicker than unused resisters. Ayre also specifically states each input needs to be broken in separately to the tune of 100 to 500 hours. Of course some people believe the whole break-in theory is nonsense, as it is your ears adjusting the sound. I am in the camp, at least with most electronics that process low level signals like a pre-amp, that the break-in process is real, as I have heard the improvement over time especially with the Ayre gear and my Parasound JC3+ preamp. The bottom line to me is I did not fret about the break-in process and just listened to the music. If it improves over time whether it be my ears adjusting or the electronics breaking in, than I am a happy camper. Last edited by GregGale; 06-18-2017 at 01:01 PM. |
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Wow. 46 individual volume levels x 500 hours. That's a lot a listening
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Doesn't make much sense from an engineering/design perspective if they're saying that each volume level needs 500 hours of break in. As pointed out above, that's a dumb amount of break in required - the KX-R has even more (60) volume increments. In any case, just for the hell of it, I turned it down to one (which I never use) and I'm not hearing a material difference from the volume levels I regularly use. That's a bridge too far for me.
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My best friend is also using the JC3+ with the Ayre K5xemp with a Lyra Kleos which he also loves and I have heard which sounds great. I have read there is some audio improvements with the JC3Plus versus the JC3 but since I never heard the JC3 I cannot comment. |
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I purchased the Aesthetix Rhea over the other phono's being talked about as well as a few others. I didn't think it was even close to be honest, but that's me. It's killing me that I have to sell it now as I am getting out of Vinyl as the MS prevents me from getting up every 20 minutes to flip sides etc... If anyone has interest.... lol.
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