ariesq
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I believe Mikes review on Headfonia confirmed that the iPad camera kit does not work with the Pan Am
Pan Am + Passport unit ordered!! My LCD-2 can't wait!
Same here! Mine comes in Monday morning, and the LCD2 rev2s are ready and waiting. Also ordered the Russian tubes and a pair of Mallard M8100s that the headfonia guys liked so much. Trying to decide on some additional tubes to roll also. Considering Raytheon, Motorola and RCA 6AK5s. Suggestions?
Pan Am + Passport unit ordered!! My LCD-2 can't wait!
I've also ordered a pair of Mullard CV4010. However, they were from a random-ish ebay seller, so I'm hoping they are the real deal, and well stored/quality.
Well, so my Pan Am came in yesterday and I got it all nice and settled in on my desk with the Voshkod tubes warming up.. and I'm listening to it brand new, immediately out of the box - never had that experience before, I realized after. Every desktop headphone amp I've owned up till now I purchased used, from here. Add to that the fact that I'm also listening to my LCD-2s for the first time! (although I have heard others before and mine are burned in already)
So, long story short, I am now a believer - - nay! a devout believer - that an amp has simply GOT to burn in before it will sound right. Because mine did not at all sound right. It's amazing to experience that phenomenon first hand finally. Took me a while of listening before I was finally ready to conclude that must be the problem. It seemed so strange to me that parts of the frequency would sound normal, good even, and others just seemed odd in the extreme. Sterile, brittle, lacking body, and some parts of a song drastically over emphasized above others.
So anyway, my dear comrades, my rig is now happily burning away while I toil at the office and count the minutes until it will be ready to sing.
The vital question for me then, is how long does that burn-in process take, assuming I care not a fig for the last 10%?
Thanks for indulging my rather sleep-deprived and whimsical mood Head-fi.
Best,
Dave
New tubes tend to settle in after about 30-40 hours. Just don't leave them on forever after a 40-hour break in, I would turn the amp off when not in use. Tubes last about 5,500 hours, so if left on 7x24 they will fail in less than 1-year.
I was under the impression the burn-in the amp needed was about more than just the tubes...was I wrong in that?