Pro 'Burn in' time.

[yabaVR]

...So as someone who does not really believe in 'burn in' or electronics settling down, I have to say that I am beginning to become genuinely convinced that for what ever reasons Devialet's do not sound their best when very new. This comes after my experience of the Mutec, which I am also convinced kept improving over about two months.


Thinking about this, I have been very busy over the last week, the Pro's have been on standby 24/7, but only running in anger maybe about 10 hours as a grand total.  I also recall the tail of Guillaume's O'dA, where he had OAC's fully run in demo unit on loan for a couple of weeks, then his own O'dA, after which there was maybe two weeks of burn in woes followed by eventual joy.

I actually had Jon's OdA for a couple of months so became very accustomed to its sound. When we disconnected his and installed my brand new units there was a considerable collapse in the soundstage and the image became more strident and forward. It was quite a dramatic change. It was also quite thin sounding. It took about 2 or 3 weeks of 24/7 playback for my OdA to sound as good as Jon's.

Guillaume

Is it just me who sees a common ground here? Why question the burn in observation as so many of us are having this experience?
What pit is there to fall in? Nothing to loose other than a bygone belief.
Just accept it as fact and have a calm sleep 

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