BREAK-IN also known as BURN-IN
When your amplifier is new, it will not sound as good as it does when it’s several
months old. The reason for this is the internal parts breaking in. The process typically
involves the amp sounding a little harsh, or a little muddy, or having premature
distortions when run at higher volumes. It can change from one to the other in as little
as 15 minutes time. This process usually completes in less than 100 hours of use, so
just a few days really. Of course after the initial burn-in process, the amp will continue
to season and refine over several months.
SOUND QUALITY
The fidelity of the amplifier, it’s frequency balance, pace, transparency, imaging and
sound stage are extraordinary due to the small number of parts to get in the way of the
music. That said, you will only ever hear it sound as good as the weakest link in your
system, which could be cables, a preamp, your source component. The only way to
hear how good the amplifier CAN sound would be to hook an analogue master tape
machine with a live two track master tape where the recording was done with top notch
microphones and engineering. Even the worlds most expensive DAC and
TRANSPORT will not sound as good, so obviously a 2500.00 DAC and transport is
going to be a step down, and a 500.00 CD player is going to be another rather large
step down. That means you WILL be handi-capping your amplifier, the variable being
HOW MUCH. Moral of the story is that given the choice to replace this less than two
thousand dollar amp (wholesale price) with one 10 times as expensive will sound NO
WHERE NEAR as good as keeping this amp and spending 10 times as much on a new
source.
SOUND STAGE
Decware amplifiers are a benchmark for holographic sound where the music is
completely 3D. In fact many people who watched movies using a two channel
Decware amplifier thought there were 5 speakers playing. That said, give yourself a
chance to experience it by occasionally pulling your speakers out into the room,
several feet away from the walls. Tow them in to create an X just in front of your face
and sit anywhere from 4 to 6 feet back. Close your eyes and we’ll see ya when you
return to Earth.
O W N E R S M A N U A L
Decware High Fidelity Engineering Co., East Peoria IL, USA www.decware.com
