Do you leave your DAC powered on all the time?

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19 hours ago, esldude said:

So it looks like analog circuitry benefits from some warm up at least for two hours.  Though the differences are not at all likely audible.  The big surprise is timing and jitter change very little and apparently stabilize quickly or at least less than 30 minutes time.

 

Thank you so much for the measurements. I used to leave all my system on those days. That also including a 350W on standby power Amp. 

 

Adter about a year, I stopped the practice and only turn on the Amp two hours before listening. Only the Amp made the difference with the two hours warm up time. The DAC did not make any difference.  

 

Now, it is usually about 10 minutes, including the ESL speakers which I think the highs improve after about 30 minutes. But then, I usually play softly the at first before blasting it away. 

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ESLDude, perhaps you could add the sound sample and let us hear the difference itself. Hearing is believing.

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Cold vs warmed up. Don't expect people to take part in the poll. It at least let there be a record of some sort as a proof. 

 

Isnt it way way past your bedtime? Maybe, tomorrow then. ?