[daltonlanny]

Hi guys,
I have a question regarding PROPER burn-in of headphone amps and CD players:
In order to PROPERLY burn-in a headphone amp, would I need to:
1. Just plug it into the AC outlet, turn it on, and leave it own for a few days without an input signal and no headphone plugged into its jack?
2. Plug the amp into the AC outlet, turn it on, plug a CD player into it using interconnects, insert a CD, put the CD player on repeat, and leave the CD player and the amp on for a few days WITHOUT plugging headphones into the amps jack?
3. All of the above PLUS plug in a pair of headphones into the amps jack?

And, to properly burn-in a CD player, would I need to:
1. Simply plug it in, turn it on, and leave it on for a few days WITHOUT a CD playing?
2. Plug it in, turn it on, insert a CD, and play the CD on repeat for a few days?
3. All of the above, plus plugging it into a headphone amp, and turning the amp on, without plugging headphones into the amp.
4. All of the above, plus plugging headphones into the amp jack?

The main reason I was wondering about plugging the CD player into an amp was because I was wondering if the output jacks [RCA or Coax] on the CD player have to be burned in as well as its other internal circuits.
I hope I am clear on all of this.
Thanks for your answers!

 

[boomana]

Plug everything in and burn it in while listening to music. That's really the best way, and never leave your amp on without headphones plugged in.

 

[Sovkiller]

Burn in is more aplicable in the case of electromechanical devices, like the heapdhone drivers, speakers etc, sually people use the 200 hours mark as a reference....But IMO the electronic devices indeed need a real short time to fully stabilize all the working parameters and temperature, usually a few hours is more than enough, an electronic device that requires more than that probably is defective...

A CD player maybe for the mechanical part of the transport...maybe...

 

[vcoheda]

turn on and plug in everything. leave it on. that's about it.

 

[Fush]

It is very doubtful that "burning in" purely electronical equipment such as CD players and amplifiers will have any effect at all. Imagine, how would your computer work, if solid state electronics would change performance characterstics over it's lifespan?