Burn in time for a new CD transport?

Most people don't really know what they're listening to anyway so best not to worry about it too much. Besides real audiophiles are constantly breaking in something, probably more than one thing at a time, to be honest, so it kind of comes with the territory. It's an endless cycle of worry and expectation and disappointment. Hence the term audio nervousa. As for reviewers, one wonders if they allow items under test to break in sufficiently prior to review. Maybe yes, maybe no. 😬

Agree with Stereo5.  I bought the CXC about 9 months ago, and although I initially let it play on repeat for about 8 hours before first listening to it, I have not noticed any change thereafter.  A Synergistic black fuse and some Herbies Big Baby Booties *did* make some changes though....for the better. :)

bcowen,

I just got a CXC. (not delivered yet).
Is the fuse easy to access?
What's the [amperage] rating you replaced it with?
Thanks.

I've owned 3 CD transports and they required little break-in, probably more the cables (digital cable and PC) settling in.

@keithtexas

For a fuse without external access, it's pretty easy to get to. There are 8 (IIRC) phillips head screws to remove to slide the cover off, and once that's removed there's another semi-rigid cover in the back right corner that's secured by a single screw.   Remove it, and the fuse is quite easy to get to in a standard clip-type fuse holder.  Mine uses a 5x20mm 2 amp slo-blo -- but I wouldn't order one until you get your unit and see what's inside.  If they made any changes since I bought mine, that value might be different.