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Long courtship and extended foreplay
I had Ref. 150 and Ref 5se, but due to my work schedule I just found 200+ hours of burn in too much. Finally when I had enough hours on it, it still required about 15 minutes before the pair really open up.
I sold both and moved on to Cary. SLP-05 and SA 200.2. But the man has tested meat, and now I am reading up on these new G series and I am getting tempted. Just thinking loud, that’s all. |
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Wow, don't know if I've ever seen that phrase in terms of auditioning audio equipment before. !
- Buck
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I have to say... Yes the total 600hr timestamp to full burn in is a long time, my REF10 / REF75 have less than 80 hrs. And I will even go so far as to drop the needle and keep volume off for 10 minutes to allow cartridge to warm up a little before I sit down to listen. My point being while there are good days and OK days listening, there are also some stupendous days and the breakin has not diminished my enjoyment of music. At my rate, it'll be over a year to 600 hrs. (I can really afford only a couple nights per week in the listening room, for a couple hours. And I don't listen to 'background' music.) I can imagine, however, selling the REF75 for the GS150, 'cause I'm an ARC kinda guy. But not because breakin is too long.
Last edited by Bobvin; 12-10-2014 at 11:28 AM. |
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Buck..... I think that should have been TASTED meat.
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Thank you.
Then again depends on what is on your mind.
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Just one question, when you change valves does ref10 need again a burn time ?
And after how many hours ref 10 need to change valves ? Thanks for answer |
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