Cary Audio Design CAD-805AE - Manual (Page 12)

OPERATION
‘BREAK IN’ PERIOD
The tubes, capacitors and the output transformers take approximately 100 hours of music playing
to fully settle in for peak performance. Small imperfections in the tube surfaces will ‘boil off’
during the break in period as well. The amplifier will sound good right out of the box but it will
improve as break in occurs. After the first couple of hours you will notice increased depth and
tighter bass. This break in period is true with most high performance audio amplifiers.
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