Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp


There are phonostage burn-in products out there (KAB, Hagerman, Thor) that utilize your CD player. Most frequently these products are used to speed up the break-in process of your phonostage. But are they worthwhile to use every month or so to improve phonostage performance? I was told doing this is akin to driving your car on the freeway to blow out the carbon. I've yet to buy a burn-in unit. Do you think they are worthwhile?
richardmr
Dear Richard: Yes it is worthwhile to use it to burn-in a new phonostage, when you already burn-in that new phono stage all is done: you don't need to use it any more ( every month ).
The point here should be: how many hours for that complete burn-in?

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
Hi Richard,

I just bought and received a Hagerman FryKleaner Pro burnin device. The kit was $85 and the parts ordered from Mouser cost another $75 or so. I haven't soldered it all up yet, but should have it done this weekend.

I have a Graham Slee Era Gold mkV + GS Elevator EXP "transformerless" stepup to burn in along with the rest of my system - cables, IC's, TVC, new speaker x-overs, dac, and speker drivers. The whole sheebang.

Luckily, you can hook up everything as one long continuous chain and burn them all in at the same time. If I leave off the speakers, then the rest can be hooked back into the FryKleaner for one continuous loop, speeding things up.

I asked Jim Hagerman how long it takes to burn interconnects, power cords, speaker cables, and preamps?

He responded:
"Usually about 40-50 hours on a FryK. The amps are fastest and get most of the way overnight. Silver wire takes about twice as long as copper."

So, the $150 for this unit is well worth it in my case. I really don't want to run my system at high volume for days(or weeks) to break in things. I'm not sure my neighbors would enjoy that.