I guess this question is for anyone, so, how often are tracks one and two to be used?.I get it about using track three as a warmup once a week before listening, but not sure if tracks 1 and 2 are used just the once to burn-in and demagnetize and that's it or when a new piece of gear is added? Thanks, Huck
For my home speakered gear: If I haven't used my audio for three or so days, I'll play track 2 once. If I've been using it more frequently, I'll sometimes just use track 3 before doing some listening. Then again, my CDP is tubed and sounds better after 30 minutes of use, so sometimes I'll just run track 2 for its 30 minute duration and then get to the serious listening. At other times I let the IsoTek disc run for part of a day to see if it would make any additional change with the Grover SC ICs, but I wasn't hearing any additional improvement so I stopped doing that.
Regarding my headphone gear at work: I walk an hour each morning before work starts, so I almost always throw in the IsoTek disc and let track 2 repeat on my Senn HD650s and other kit items for the duration of my walk. I note I repeat track 2 - this track is recommended for large speakers; however, I find it does a better job exercising the Senns than track 1.
YMMV. And
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