I don't do anything special, but I do leave equipment running as much as possible in the first few days - e.g. I mean - IF a cable required burn-in (and I'm not saying it does), then what would be happening there would also be happening absolutely everywhere that you are passing a signal through.Īs for whether burn-in is required. It is at least consistent to say they require burn-in. And in the digital age, about iPods and their earphones. I have heard stuff like this said even about speaker cables. I am always amazed at the legs these myths have. There are parts in a Class D amp like capacitors that need to form/breakin before performing their best. You might be surprised to look inside some very over-priced "high end" amps to find the exact same chips as the Amp inside. However, amplifier design is extremely mature, there really isn't much a real engineering team can do wrong, unless they're incompetent (sadly, many "high end" "designers" are).Ĭlass-D amp chips are sold by just a few vendors their current designs will provide excellent performance. It's not expensive or pretentious enough. Sadly, Stereophile is about the only magazine that still measures anything at all, and I doubt they'll measure the Amp. Sonos specs for it are excellent, so it should measure very well into a realistic load. The ONLY important thing about an amplifier is that it measures well into a realistic load. They HAVE to say something, so they just make stuff up. That's typical nonsense from one of the way too many "high end" audio magazines. Right out of the box, the IDA-16 sounded OK, but somewhat lifeless however, after break-in it sounded a bit more dynamic, and the treble, which had been disappointing in some switching amplifiers I’d tried, became delicate and detailed.” “NuPrime recommended 100–150 hour break-in time, so I gave the IDA-16 at least 200 hours of break-in before listening critically. Here’s a bit from a review in Absolute Sound of a NuPrime amp similar to the NuForce amp.
#SONOS AMP STORES MANUAL#
I recall the manual stating it required breakin. I have an early NuForce IA-7 integrated amp that I still use in another room. Regarding running in or breaking in an Amp. All was played through PMC floorstanders. It just didn't work out for me, judged against what I consider a high standard.įWIW that's a Cyrus DAC-XP+ DAC/pre-amp with two Cyrus 8 power amps. There wasn't a huge difference and I would not discourage anyone from buying the Amp. Or maybe it's just that I am used to a particular type of sound. It is perfectly possible that I heard what I subconsciously wanted to hear - that my much more expensive amplification was 'better', whatever that means. I wouldn't make too much of that - it was my circumstances.įor music, I thought the sound quality was great for the money, but didn't thrill me in the way that my existing setup had.
#SONOS AMP STORES TV#
It didn't do it for TV, but I think that was just because I didn't really like my HiFi speakers for the TV sound, partly because of positioning issues.
I had hoped it would simplify my life, and cable spaghetti, by replacing my Beam (+Sub) for TV sound and my HiFi amplification (DAC/pre-amp and two power amps) for music. I recently bought a Sonos Amp, and it didn't quite meet my (probably unrealistic) expectations. I don't think there is any such thing as running in a digital amplifier, but leaving that aside.
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