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Originally Posted by mrarroyo
ASR thanks for the review. I am getting a brand new one from Cesar as he had some parts available and agreed to build me one. Should arrive this week and to burn in it goes (I will probably burn it in for at least 200 hours).
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Go for 350+ hours. Seriously. Black Gate NX caps do benefit from that much time. I've posted a lot of notes on this, but at 270+ hours it sounded very impressive but not quite there.
At 350+ the highs cleaned up and regained the sparkle that was somewhat subdued by some grain or edginess during the "burn in" curve. Lows became uniquely well defined, and a seductive layered imaging developed -- thanks to the LT1210 in the power supply.
With all upgrades in but before the LT1210 was added, it lacked the remarkable imaging, transparency and fine detail that you'll hear when it's fully matured. The LT1210 has 1Amp max output, and it does give the amp great ease and headroom, in addition to the great frequency extension up and down, and the 3D image that lets you hear into the music and almost around the performers -- on very well-recorded tracks, at least.