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In Reply to: RE: Does it need burn-in? posted by Aristarchus on February 03, 2020 at 19:43:26
Well this is an active crossover, the caps are "metalized polypropylene film caps with 2% tolerance". They are tightly populating the board, and finding caps that are the right value, tolerance and size might prove difficult; besides, this is a brand new crossover with a factory warranty, I'd rather not start tweaking it right now ;-)
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Please provide a link to the product, KanedaK.
Here under the link.My crossover is getting there; I've had a major change yesterday after some more hours intense burn-in (blasting the circuit with much higher signal voltage than what I normally do when listening, amps turned off): midrange detail is coming upfront, treble is now composed and more natural, less piercing - the whole presentation got at the same time more open and less bright; soundstage got finally wider than the speakers and phasey effects in recordings finally can do the "hey I'm here behind your left shoulder" trick that never fails to impress the "bluetooth speaker generation".
I really had two major stages of burn-in that I could hear: I'm wild guessing: at first the electrolytic caps (there aren't so many and they are all the same) then, I suppose, the films caps... meanwhile all the rest (op-amps etc) was gradually settling in.
It's probably still burnin-in since it hasn't been so many hours yet, but yesterday it was FINALLY enjoyable to really just listen music and not just wonder about the sound. A big step has passed.As a disclaimer regarding the product page: the last review is mine. I wrote it after the first burning stage was complete - after spending a couple days wondering why my 49$ AliExpress crossover sounded better than the 10x more expensive K231, and I was so happy and relieved that I had to write a review THEN. Besides, Mark from Sublime Acoustics had done a great job to deliver the crossover with less waiting time than initially announced and was very professional from the beginning and I wanted to sincerely promote his product. Everything I said there is true - but after some more days I still found that many recordings were still overly bright and the whole presentation lacked liquidity and "relaxness", hence my post here; I'm happy to say the sound keeps changing in the right direction and I don't have to regret having written a very good review.
Edits: 02/06/20
I'm very pleased to know you found the right product for your wants/needs, KanedaK.
If you ever wish to use the balanced jacks, I highly recommend the Oyaide Neo P285T TRS 1/4" 6.3mm stereo plug. It's the finest I've heard, and can accommodate up to an 8mm maximum cable OD.
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Thanks Duster. My preamp has only unbalanced outputs but if / when I upgrade (Schiit Freya? :-) ) I will consider using the balanced connection instead
Interestingly, I find this crossover to be more immune to RFI now that it has burned-in some, than when fresh out of the box. I seem to hear less of it. I have absolutely no explanation for that.
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