Digital output, does it require 'burn in' ?
Hi all
I Just wanted to know if a digital output on a cd player ( mine) needs time to 'burn in'.
The reason for this is I recently aquired an Arcam Alpha 5+ CDP for a few quid and as far as I can tell ( the guy demo'd it for me) it was only ever run via its analog outputs to the amp, and has had verl light use.
I plugged it into my DAC and found the sound was great, sound field and detail was huge compared to the BDP I was using (as expected) but it seemed to be a little too much in the higher spectrum , to the point where I felt it over exagerated the mid/treble to such an extent It annoyed me and I ended up switching it off.
I kept going and now 1 month in the sound is much smoother in the mid/treble and now I cant get enough of it.
All in a fantastic buy , just a little confused as to how such an old player can change sooooo much
Cheers
Paul
Paul
System :Arcam Alpha 5+ into Beresford TC7520, Gatored with an AD826 opamp + Caiman PSU into Dual mono Gainclone :AKG K530 headphones: Denon AVR1910 : B&W DM601 S3 + LCR60 S3, Tannoy MX2 x 2 + Yamaha YST-SW320 sub:Mark Grant Canare LV61S : Beresford TRC-222-1M + TC-3618 TOSLINK all running via a Tacima mains conditioner