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Headphoneus Supremus
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Short version:
Whoah!!! the soundstage, detail and liquidity of this amp has improved considerably following ~300 hours of break-in.
Long version:
After originally setting up my amp and doing some tuberolling, it sounded incredible. I did take note of Mikhail's comments and the comments of a few others that it would only sound better after extensive break-in. To be honest, I was pretty skeptical.
Well, after the Ohio mini-meet, Mikey01 and SACD commented that having only ~80 hours on my amp that it was nowhere near broken in. Still skeptical, I figured, what the hell, I'll break it in some. So basically, ever since the Ohio mini-meet I have been running my amp anywhere from 8-23 hours/day. I now have at total of ~300 hours on the amp. The last few days I have been quite busy with work/family etc. and haven't had time to listen other than to change a disc here and there or to turn off the amp for a break from burn-in.
Well, last night I sat down and began listening to a few discs that I feel have excellent recordings that I hadn't listened to since the first week or two of having the mpx3. It was almost as if I were listening to another amp. Other than the sonic signature and similar tonality, the fantastic qualities of this amp have improved significantly. The most noticable is the soundstage. There is now much more width than before but even better is noticible depth providing a 3-dimensional stage on which I can almost picture the musicians playing.
As tom hankins said of his sds, I feel less like I have headphones on my head and more like I'm listening to speakers, the sound is so life-like. (Although I'm quite sure I'm not in the same league of his amp). Additionally, the liquidity and smoothness is as nice as ever but without any loss of detail whatsoever. In fact, I think the level of detail is just as high if not higher than before.
In summary, I was quite skeptical of all this 'burn-in' business, but now I am a full-fledged believer. Back to listening....
Whoah!!! the soundstage, detail and liquidity of this amp has improved considerably following ~300 hours of break-in.
Long version:
After originally setting up my amp and doing some tuberolling, it sounded incredible. I did take note of Mikhail's comments and the comments of a few others that it would only sound better after extensive break-in. To be honest, I was pretty skeptical.
Well, after the Ohio mini-meet, Mikey01 and SACD commented that having only ~80 hours on my amp that it was nowhere near broken in. Still skeptical, I figured, what the hell, I'll break it in some. So basically, ever since the Ohio mini-meet I have been running my amp anywhere from 8-23 hours/day. I now have at total of ~300 hours on the amp. The last few days I have been quite busy with work/family etc. and haven't had time to listen other than to change a disc here and there or to turn off the amp for a break from burn-in.
Well, last night I sat down and began listening to a few discs that I feel have excellent recordings that I hadn't listened to since the first week or two of having the mpx3. It was almost as if I were listening to another amp. Other than the sonic signature and similar tonality, the fantastic qualities of this amp have improved significantly. The most noticable is the soundstage. There is now much more width than before but even better is noticible depth providing a 3-dimensional stage on which I can almost picture the musicians playing.
As tom hankins said of his sds, I feel less like I have headphones on my head and more like I'm listening to speakers, the sound is so life-like. (Although I'm quite sure I'm not in the same league of his amp). Additionally, the liquidity and smoothness is as nice as ever but without any loss of detail whatsoever. In fact, I think the level of detail is just as high if not higher than before.
In summary, I was quite skeptical of all this 'burn-in' business, but now I am a full-fledged believer. Back to listening....