On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:12:06 +0100, Laurence Payne
wrote:

Reviewers often comment that it takes about 100 hours before a new amp
settles down and start to sound like it 'should'.

In this case, what constitutes 'burning-in'? Is it sufficient to just
leaving the power on for a week? Or does it have to be driving a load
(the neighbours are going to just love that)?

Maybe a couple of chunky resistors across the outputs would be ok?

So use it for the first few weeks and hear it improve.
What are you, so precious that you can't listen to it until it's
reached optimum?


Ok. I'm the first to admit that I'm no audiophile. My 25 year old
Rotel 810 amp is showing definite signs of packing up.
Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa. A stone-cold *need* to buy a new amp. Joy, joy
joy... etc.

I'm prepared to pay a suitable wedge for the replacement - if it lasts
anything as long as the Rotel, I'm going to be stuck with it for long
time.

I'm thinking about an Arcam A85. It seems to be very well thought of.
I lifted one off the shelf at a local hi-fi store and nearly strained
a muscle - I think Saddam has been hiding depleted-uranium inside
them.

Now this thing costs nearly £800. 'Precious'? I'm positively friggin
paranoid! I do NOT want to cock this up, or I will have a very long
time to regret it. If it sounds bloody-awful compared to the one I
reviewed in the store, I want to find out pronto, so that I can return
it.

I found a review on the net that suggests that it needs burning in
(http://www.audioreview.com/Integrate...4_2717crx.aspx)
Could be all cobblers, so I thought I'd ask the gurus here.

And thankyou for all your useful comments people.




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Cheers, Des