Berkeley Alpha Reference DAC Break In Period

Odyssey

Odyssey

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To all you Berkeley owners out there: How many hours would you hazard a guess that it takes to break in the Berkeley Reference DAC?

I bought Joe's unopened box (the one that he waited forever to get) and I'm going to be doing a DAC shootout with another contender. Want to make sure that it is a fair fight. Thanks.
 
Took 2 or 3 months before mine was anything close to fully broken in.

BTW, what do you mean by "independent ground" in your signature?
 
I'm not a big believer in break in.... If you need any help getting the best out of the BADA reference feel free to PM me...
 
Best break in for the BADA: send it to me. Wait 6 months. I'll send it back to you. Repeat.


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The Sandman said:
Took 2 or 3 months before mine was anything close to fully broken in.

BTW, what do you mean by "independent ground" in your signature?
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My electrician, who also happens to be a sound engineer, tapped into the top of the main panel, ran a sub-panel just for the 4 dedicated lines to the 2 channel listening room. He then ran an independent ground for the sub-panel and those dedicated lines and measured the resistance to ground afterwards.
 
Odyssey said:
My electrician, who also happens to be a sound engineer, tapped into the top of the main panel, ran a sub-panel just for the 4 dedicated lines to the 2 channel listening room. He then ran an independent ground for the sub-panel and those dedicated lines and measured the resistance to ground afterwards.
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You mean it goes to a separate ground rod from your main service ground? If so, are they bonded together?
 
The Sandman said:
You mean it goes to a separate ground rod from your main service ground? If so, are they bonded together?
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I don't know if they are bonded together. I do know that he was focused on resistance to ground. I think he back filled the area around the grounding rod(s) with bentonite (sp?) something that is supposed to retain moisture.
 
Make sure they're bonded together - otherwise there can be a difference in potential between them causing unwanted current flow. My lightning protection electrician (residential,commercial, hospital, military) was quite compulsive about this with my 8 ground rods in my lightning protection system.
 
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