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Thank you for your wise words Miguel.
 
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for "burn in" does the solo need to be playing music or  just turned on?
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Just turned on/powered up.
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Follwing on from Miguel's point about personal preference. I put an SPL meter roughly where my ear would be but not touching the LCD-2's and it gave about 85dBA on 'slow' which is quite loud enough for me. I use the Leq approach - how long would I want to listen to this level and would regular exposure of several hours damage the hearing I need to enjoy an £800 pair of headphones?



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85dBA! man that would be painful to this old phart ears. I listen at 68 dBA-72 dBA.
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Originally posted by mrarroyo mrarroyo wrote:

85dBA! man that would be painful to this old phart ears. I listen at 68 dBA-72 dBA.
I agree with you Miguel about comfortable listening levels. That rough SPL reading was with the Solo's volume just backed off from audible distortion and much louder than I would want to listen continuously to headphones. All the GSP headphone amps' literature warn about potential damage to hearing.
 
I'm 2 weeks into the Solo U-L burn-in, it seems slightly darker than before. How is the sound likely to change in the 2-3 weeks ahead?
 
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The sound will open up, ie soundstage and depth. The clarity and detail will improve and overall musicality as well. Over the first 500 hours the sound will go up and down. BTW, IMO the Solo sounds best aftert 5-6 hours of being turned on.
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