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McIntosh MC402 Burn in Period ? Very Impressed

Hello everyone.

I just bought myself a brand new McIntosh MC402.

After spending about an hour unboxing it I was ver y impressed. Getting back to unboxing I have to give kudos for the nice packaging to safely support the 150lb package.
Two boxes plus screwed on to to a wood board.

I am using all Bmi cables' balanced interconnects, speaker cables and power cable. The MC402 sounds wonderful out of the box. The only thing that is funny MC402 comes with a cable cover for the speaker cable ends, that is a waste because the holes are too small for any Bmi hi end speaker cable to fit thru.

Have to say this MC402 is the quietest power amp I have ever heard. The amp is dead silent when left on. Plus the amp runs cool.

When should I expect total break in on the McIntosh MC402 ?
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theo
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I own a 352,the predecessor of the 402, and I beleive that when I bought mine I really think it was fully broke in after about 50 hours. McIntosh doesn't really address this anywhere that I can see, like some manufactures. But give it about 50 hours, crank it and love it. I hear from so many people that McIntosh is not as good as other brands and that may be so but I really don't think I will ever sell my Mc amps. I was going to upgrade to the 402 but since the 352 is ecentially the same I am adding the LED lighting from AudioClassics and plan to enjoys the music.
Enjoy your amp!
azmoon
126 posts
 
Mine was great out of the box as yours seems to be. May have gotten a bit warmer after about 100 hours but did not need any burn in to sound great.
adamg
89 posts
 
I purchased an MC402 here on Audiogon so I assumed that no burn-in would be required. However, I was very underwhelmed with the sound initially. After roughly one week, the amp really started to open up and is now everything I would want in a power amp - dynamics, musicality, detail...
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