Oppo 95: Burn-in...and Fan

I tried the pure audio "trick" at the start of my listening session today and within 30 min the fan kicked in. I am fortunate that I am far enough away from the unit it does not affect the music. As info there is about 1.5" clearance above the unit and it rests on blocks made of cork & rubber - maybe another 3/4" clearance underneath it...

I went a couple of rounds with vibration control I tried BD #3 cones with and without there new carbon fiber disc and also Herbies tender feet, in the end I found better results with the stock feet and an upgraded VTI rack asymmetrically filled with 75% stainless steel bb's and 30% sand. I used some of Herbies grunge buster dots between the rack and shelves.I do have a question though are you using xlr or rca's? My first round with the 95 was with the rca's and could have lived with them not knowing any the better. I went balanced outs 3 months ago and it took about another 400 hrs to settle back in and to be honest at first I felt the overall balance was thin in comparison to the wonderful sounding rca's. To be sure there would be a difference in sound quality after adjusting the gain and such, I used the same cables both where AQ Columbia's rca and xlr. Now for awhile there the xlr's where about to go back but cooler heads prevailed and as I type this the beautiful brass from Bruckner's 9th Paavo Jarvi sacd via xlr was well worth the wait and I now use xlr exclusively for 2 channel playback. But back to the myrtle wood blocks I may have to check it out and try again.

Thanks for the tip!

Hi Go4vinyl,

I'd definitely be sure you use "Pure Audio". I now have 250 hours on mine. It's clearly getting better.

Has anyone compared a stock 95 to a modified one? If so, I'd be very curious what you heard.

Hi Jdub39, what high end players have you compared it with?

I imagine jet fuel will work better with burn in than kerosene or plain old auto gasoline...if you have something that can ignite it.

Seriously...I want someone to explain to me in terms of physics...I'm talking p/n junction theory, conduction theory, energy wells, Schrodinger's equation, what is it that you think physically occurs during the first 100 hours of operation of a piece of electronic gear that makes it sound better at the end of that 100 hour period than it did at the start of it?

Mind you said piece of electronics gear is comprised of parts & components that have undergone QC testing to ensure proper tolerances on significant operating parameters and have undergone environmental stress screening to precipitate any infant mortality failure mechanisms.