How long does a DAC take to burn in?


Up until recently I always owned CD and or universal digital players.

I purchased a new Marantz 11S1 network player and it's taken 6 months,
but it's noticeably warmer and cleaner sounding.

Thoughts...?


octet11
100 hours ! Industry unspoken standard! No true set time! I call it " till it pops " Reproduction seperates and stages! I.e.: life like sound!
I think only speaker drivers open up or burn in...the rest is probably you getting used to the sound.
Nitewulf has very good point and is probably on the right track in my experience.  The mind is very powerful and automatically starts filling in gaps and frequency observations while listening to familiar music.