How to burn in a new pickup

The Cardas record does have a burn in groove. I asked George Cardas about it and he recommended using it for about an hour after your cartridge is properly set up. After that he said play records and "save the cartridge for the music!!"

"We just use the word Pickup for cartridge in Denmark"

Thanks, Daemon. "Pickup" is used the same way here, too, although it has several other meanings. Thank you for being so good humored...I just couldn't resist.

The pain of cartridge breakin is not so great (although it is disconcerting to hear changes on something you just paid big money for)...I think just playing music with it will work as well as anything. Depending on the cartridge it will settle down after a few tens of hours.

Don't let the cartridge keep spinning in the lead out groove, the vinyl will heat up and become glazed onto the stylus. Playing records is fine, but I read in a Shure brocure once that they recommended breaking in the suspension by leaving the stylus in the groove with the turntable off, as in not spinning. Makes sense to me, but I never tried it.

Why not just enjoy listening to music? I mean granted your cartridge may not be fully broken in, but I'm sure it'll sound pretty good. Why waste any of it's too short life being burned in on anything but music? Also there may be a phono burn in cd out there, butI don't know much about it. Perhaps others may? Happy listening!

Hej!

I have a loot of humor "smokester" it´s okay for me some times i do the same like you, :-)

Mc cartrige are just like vin getting better the longer you have it, if it not cheap, but dont have it for long (the vine) but jeg have headacke in the morning for very.. very.. long time.

Don´t think it´s the vine, my wife maybe. She needs ad "burn in" in my Pickup and a filter and olie change later.

At the moment I am not "burn-in" or "breakning in" my "pickup" or "cartridge" at the way i ask, just want to know if anyone have a good way to do it.

It whas just a idé, what do you think? Question?

Regarts