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Amp burn-in..Best technique

I will soon be getting my new Mcintosh MC591's. I am curious,......does it matter how loud you play? If I run a CD on continuous repeat,...does it matter if I turn it way down? Or does that not offer enough resistance/load to drive to have a "break-in" effect. My wife would not be happy if I had my system playing at high levels all day.
noonan
faziod
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Low level will do fine.
philefreak
416 posts
 
I agree, low volumes are fine. As long as there's a signal. BTW, be sure to cut the amp off for long enough for it to cool and then fire it back up. This will allow the amp to cycle through cooling and heating up which will help speed the process up.
noonan OP
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Thanks guys, correction....Mcintosh MC501, not 591. Not that it matters.

So how often am I supposed to turn the amp on and off? And this may be a dumb question, but I would think that the speakers offer impedence which forces the amp to work harder and break in. If that is true, would you not need a reasonable volume level to offer a certain amount of impedence?

If you just need signal coming from the amps, do they even need to be connected to the speakers?

Just a little confused!
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