jmcgrogan2 +1 You need to allow a couple of hundred hours for the caps to burn-in and the drivers to break-in before any critical listening. To help achieve a warmer, organic presentation, I highly recommend this Sablon power cord. I’m surprised that it’s still available.
Question about neutrality and transparency in an amp
I've just acquired a Hegel H160 integrated along with a pair of Dynaudio Focus 160 speakers and am breaking in this combination with a digital source. The amp is quite colorless and neutral, as are the speakers. I'm personally inclined toward a warmer sound. I don't have any analog sources at the moment, but I'm wondering... if I connected a turntable, cartridge, and phono stage combination that, taken together, presented a decidedly warm sonic signature, would this warmth be conveyed by the amp and speakers to my ears?