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Break in periods is basically your ears either accepting the new sound or not. The line arrays I bought almost 6 years ago took me over two years to really give me what I expected from having auditioned them all over the western USA for over 10 years. A room can have a big effect on sound quality. So be thankful you have the Pioneer EQ. Use it sparingly and remember only use the filters to push down offensive peaks or a broad frequency range in minor steps and then let your ears become acclimated to the sound before making more adjustments. I use a professional room analyzer and parametric filters and even then you may find the system to dry and cold. All systems need a bit of warmth and a slight roll off in the highs.
 
twiiii said:
Break in periods is basically your ears either accepting the new sound or not. The line arrays I bought almost 6 years ago took me over two years to really give me what I expected from having auditioned them all over the western USA for over 10 years. A room can have a big effect on sound quality. So be thankful you have the Pioneer EQ. Use it sparingly and remember only use the filters to push down offensive peaks or a broad frequency range in minor steps and then let your ears become acclimated to the sound before making more adjustments. I use a professional room analyzer and parametric filters and even then you may find the system to dry and cold. All systems need a bit of warmth and a slight roll off in the highs.
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Break-in period for my all analogue Marantz Model 50 was 15 hrs, sounded good before it, just noticed it opened up especially on vocals after it. Now my all analogue NAD 317 did irritate my ears during beak-in, but after running two days in a row for 8 hrs each day at loud volume, it no longer irritated my ears and sounded great at moderate to higher volume levels. The weak point of the NAD 317 was at lower volume listening levels where SQ dropped off and there was no loudness or Bass EQ switch to compensate for the loss. And then with my Proton D540 I never noticed a break-in period. All three integrated analogue amps were broken in on the same speakers, 4 ohm EPI A500s.
 
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I finally received my Odyssey amplifier after what felt like eternity but was just over 3 months….Good things take time I suppose I’m not an experienced audiophile by any means but I will say this thing has opened my ears to what the higher end stuff can do. Not high end price wise compared to some but high enough end for my budget. Best Bang for the buck as Klaus says. Wound up with a modified Kismet in I think a Kartago case with brushed silver faceplate. It’s not quite burnt in yet but sounds absolutely wonderful. Looks absolutely wonderful
Tight bass crisp highs perfect mids
I’m very happy so far and I suspect I will get even better……BTW this isn’t an Odyssey commercial….just a honest opinion by a novice audio enthusiast
 

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Sweet, I think it looks right at home in that stack!! Yeah, that's a Khartago case, looks just like mine, except mine's black. How's it sound with that Pioneer as a preamp?

I've had my Khartago for almost three years, and the Candela for a year, now. I don't even care if there's anything better. I wanna hear back in a month or so, when you have some hours on it.
 
JohnnieO said:
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I finally received my Odyssey amplifier after what felt like eternity but was just over 3 months….Good things take time I suppose I will say this thing has opened my ears to what the higher end stuff can do. Wound up with a modified Kismet in I think a Kartago case with brushed silver faceplate. It’s not quite burnt in yet but sounds absolutely wonderful. Looks absolutely wonderful
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Does he make preamps??? It could only be a matter of time....
 
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