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Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time

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Bigfish

Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« on: 10 Jun 2007, 01:48 pm »
Everyone:

What is your experience for break-in time on your Mono Extreme SE Amps and Candela?

Thanks,

Ken
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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #1 on: 10 Jun 2007, 02:07 pm »
Can't say for the Candela.  The Mono Extreme SE's were every bit of 400 hrs if not longer to really get to where they finally settled in.  Decent out of the box for 50-60 hrs, then Jekyll and Hyde until about 250-300 hrs.  After that, they smoothed out and just kept getting progressively better - smoother all through, better imaging, gutsier-tighter bass, etc.

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BobC

Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #2 on: 10 Jun 2007, 04:12 pm »
When I bought mine, Alex told me that the Candela breaks in very quickly.  Pretty much all there right out of the box.
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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #3 on: 10 Jun 2007, 07:44 pm »
four hundred hours is about the norm for the mono SE's, and the Candella needs a solid sixty hours and probably closer to seventy five hours. The preamp is very nice to listen to after about fifteen hours, but will get better at the extremes of it range as it ages. The hardest part was the extreme lower mid range in my unit.
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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #4 on: 11 Jun 2007, 01:26 am »
By "break in time" does that mean hours the units are turned on, or hours of actual playing music?  Or are they the same as far as break in?

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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #5 on: 11 Jun 2007, 01:29 am »
Both - on and playing IMO.  Even after broken in, if I turn them off for a day, it takes a few hours to open up again.  I've turned mine off during a lightning storm and then again when I was changing speaker cables - other than that, on constantly for a few months now and they sound great.

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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #6 on: 11 Jun 2007, 02:25 pm »

The Candela goes through a 40-48 hour burning in process prior to final shipping. Half of this time playing actual music!

Sounds very good out the box...and gets better with little time!  :wink:

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Alex
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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #7 on: 3 Jul 2007, 06:01 pm »
Candela is tubes, way less time, mainly 10 to 20 hours and your tubes will be pretty good, and the capacitors will not be far behind.. The extremes, I agree with above, you could have nearly a year plus and beyond 400 hours till they really start to open up and just go at the turn of the key.
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Re: Mono Extreme SE Break-in Time
« Reply #8 on: 8 Jul 2007, 02:44 pm »
hi Ken,how is the break in coming along,are u able to push them enough to satisify the audio hunger? i found that my new Bryston Busters(bb)after 1wk of 24hrs a day of low to mid volume levels are just starting to loose mid/high fuzz(thank god). i just hooked them up to a Anthem AVM-30,not bad i guess,definately more control.........thanks John
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