[guest48077]

Hey,

What differences will I hear as my TVC burns in? Any Promitheus TVC owners out there wanna share what they experienced during listening as there TVC burnt in? And what was the final result compared to out of the box?

[jenhwa]

the initial sound was a little rough for detailed listening, prolonged listening proved tiring.

200hrs later it starts getting better, smoother and more musical.

burn in is a pain, but there's no heaven without hell.

[guest48077]

the initial sound was a little rough for detailed listening, prolonged listening proved tiring.

200hrs later it starts getting better, smoother and more musical.

burn in is a pain, but there's no heaven without hell.

Thanks for the reply.

during my Burn in Process I have been noticing I turn down my Music, then a little bit later I turn it down again.......an later I may turn it down again, It becomes tiring. I would guess that I am around 85 to 100 hours into the burn. Still sound great though !

[Say]

the initial sound was a little rough for detailed listening, prolonged listening proved tiring.

200hrs later it starts getting better, smoother and more musical.

burn in is a pain, but there's no heaven without hell.

Thanks for the reply.

during my Burn in Process I have been noticing I turn down my Music, then a little bit later I turn it down again.......an later I may turn it down again, It becomes tiring. I would guess that I am around 85 to 100 hours into the burn. Still sound great though !

The burn in takes time. You'll get a balanced sound, oh, at around 400 hours or so. Here's a trick. Try burning in your TVC with music, or a burn in disc, at the 4 o'clock position. Do not turn on your amplifier. All you need is the small signal to the TVC.

[cporada]

Hi Say
So, to accomplish burn-in, the signal just has to be going into the TVC; no signal needs to be going out to a power amp?  That is to say, if I have a spare CD player, can I just hook it to the TVC and turn the volume to 4 o'clock and let it burn in for a week or 2 without hooking it to my power amp, or does the signal have to be going to a power amp, it's just that the power amp need not be turned on?
Thanks for clarifying this point for a newbie.
Chris

[guest48077]

Hi Say
So, to accomplish burn-in, the signal just has to be going into the TVC; no signal needs to be going out to a power amp?  That is to say, if I have a spare CD player, can I just hook it to the TVC and turn the volume to 4 o'clock and let it burn in for a week or 2 without hooking it to my power amp, or does the signal have to be going to a power amp, it's just that the power amp need not be turned on?
Thanks for clarifying this point for a newbie.
Chris

You just have to pass signal through the TVC ( you are just burning in the Transformers) As you said you can just hook a CD player up to it and leave it on loop for a while. You may want to use a Radio instead so you dont have your CD player in use for so long.

[Brown]

you need a dead load. as in the amp not turned on. Better to turn vol up to 2 clicks below full output [ close to unity gain ] It will take 750 hours IMO to reach full breakin. I bought mine used and the original owner said he experienced changes well after 400 hrs. Be very patient.

[milpai]

I think I have reached a point where the "hazy" middle period is gone. As I listen to my system, the soundstage somehow sounds huge and natural. The instruments seems to have more naturalness and dimensions. I can literally "see" strings at precise locations. And all this time I though the TVC was burnt in. This is awesome!!

[guest48077]

I think I have reached a point where the "hazy" middle period is gone. As I listen to my system, the soundstage somehow sounds huge and natural. The instruments seems to have more naturalness and dimensions. I can literally "see" strings at precise locations. And all this time I though the TVC was burnt in. This is awesome!!

Out of curious.....how many hours are you at approximately. I am currently at about 700 hours. For digital I monitor through the Foobar playback timer. For my turntable I just estimate. You are right, the instrument are very easily placed within the sound field.

[milpai]

I think I have reached a point where the "hazy" middle period is gone. As I listen to my system, the soundstage somehow sounds huge and natural. The instruments seems to have more naturalness and dimensions. I can literally "see" strings at precise locations. And all this time I though the TVC was burnt in. This is awesome!!

Out of curious.....how many hours are you at approximately. I am currently at about 700 hours. For digital I monitor through the Foobar playback timer. For my turntable I just estimate. You are right, the instrument are very easily placed within the sound field.

I must be having roughly 400+ hours on my TVC - not sure. What surprised me today was, when I was listening to "Chet Baker - In New York", the instruments were placed much behind the speakers. The speakers seem to be "not working" and the sound seems to come from another pair placed behind the walls. That is what caught my attention. Also the strings seem to form in thin air and placed at precise locations. I know it is the TVC magic - but I did not know that my NAD could handle it this good.