707 how hard should I push em?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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I am trying to warm em up and break em in. Can I push them too hard? I just want to play my album's
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    Bruce

    Just play them at normal listening levels, no reason to damage your hearing , but all speakers need a burn in period to sound their best, about 200 + should do it :)
    2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge

    HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,318
    what are you running them on?
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Till you let the smoke out :wink:
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Honestly though. How are you liking them so far?
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Maybe200nwatt og a31
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    edited August 2015
    Leave them playing the radio 24/7 when you're not listening.

    Your setup has really stepped up in a short amount of time, congrats man! How about some pictures?

    Might I suggest your next upgrade? Parasound P5. The HT bypass would be perfect for you.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Maybe200nwatt og a31

    Tablet translation: Maybe 200 watts on a Parasound A31

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Nightfall wrote: »
    Leave them playing the radio 24/7 when you're not listening.

    Your setup has really stepped up in a short amount of time, congrats man! How about some pictures?

    Might I suggest your next upgrade? Parasound P5. The HT bypass would be perfect for you.
    I have no radio reception where I live so I leave Pandora on but it turns itself off eventually.

    The next conquest is going to be the 706c. I just got a Yamaha RX-A2030 what kind of improvement would a P5 provide?
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    You got some LSIM 707's congratulations and a Parasound A31 double congratulations. All I can say is Easy big fella, your spose to ease into this hobby and not go ape..it all at once, are you going to hoard all your other stuff as Tony B would say Seeeesh.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    You got some LSIM 707's congratulations and a Parasound A31 double congratulations. All I can say is Easy big fella, your spose to ease into this hobby and not go ape..it all at once, are you going to hoard all your other stuff as Tony B would say Seeeesh.
    @gudnoyez I pretty much decided not to retire early (hope I am not forced to) so that freed up some funds. This is about the only fun that I have and every move that i have made has given me a lot of satisfaction. I am almost done now. Famous last words lol!
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Lol! "I'm almost done".... I will be done with this hobby when I'm broke. Broke from cars, audio gear, and tools.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,318
    afterburnt wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Maybe200nwatt og a31
    Tablet translation: Maybe 200 watts on a Parasound A31
    lol, I figured, but I have been studying up on my Tabletese lately so got most of that.

    re: the break-in and listening levels, like V said - just normal.
    good modest to moderate listening levels running all 24/7, or as much as you can, will get them loosened up and broken in in no time. I haven't heard 707's, but the 703's I use got a bit fuller and smoother after running them a while. you'll see.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,318
    so you're driving everything off of the Yamaha 2030?
    man, yeah, like NF says, you might want to consider a 2ch preamp like the P5. I wonder how you'd like that. depending on how much of the advanced technology of the Yamaha you're using - the streaming/network playing stuff - moving to a preamp w/HT bypass might complicate things a little bit for you, and you'd need to add another piece for these services, like a Squeezebox or Sonos. if you're not using these services, that make things easier.

    how's that HT bypass work? using the HT bypass jacks on the P5 and going to the Yamaha's Inputs? and how would the center channel running on the A31 work in this configuration?

    D07C4D19E2684C67BA1A1361E732597A_12075.jpg

    I also use a 706 with 703's. you'll probably find the 706 to be a nice addition to your Parasound and LSiM setup.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    monosodiumglutamat I am running everything off of amps except for the presence speaker, they are riding the Yamaha.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Parasound Halo A-31*Parasound 2250v2*Emotiva XPA-200 Gen1, 9 channels hooked up
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I don't understand HT bypass can anyone explain this to a knucklehead?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    oh and as far as breakin goes I am running all 9 channels because most of it is new sort of. The RX-A1040 was 7 channels only. I did run my test blue ray(pacific rim) for my daughter when she cam over. At first take I am not sure that I need a second sub but I still want one. I got issues.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited August 2015
    HT bypass allows you to hook up a 2-channel preamp to your AVR but if you just want to listen to 2 channel music - then you leave the AVR turned off... and use the P-5 for 2 channel music..then when you want to play multichannel music or movie you use you AVR and leave the P-5 turned off.

    reason being that music feed thru the P-5 for 2 channel will sound better then music going hru a AVR that is a jack of all trades but a master of none!

    But I think you need to pack up your speaker and send them to me to be properly burned-in as I don't want you to mess this important part up. I send them back in a few months or so hopefully :wink:
    2 ch- Polk CRS+ * Vincent SA-31MK Preamp * Vincent Sp-331 Amp * Marantz SA8005 SACD * Project Xperience Classic TT * Sumiko Blue Point #2 MC cartridge

    HT - Polk 703's * NAD T-758 * Adcom 5503 * Oppo 103 * Samsung 60" series 8 LCD
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  • Kurt300
    Kurt300 Posts: 302
    "I am almost done now." <== This is signature material.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    voltz wrote: »
    HT bypass allows you to hook up a 2-channel preamp to your AVR but if you just want to listen to 2 channel music - then you leave the AVR turned off... and use the P-5 for 2 channel music..then when you want to play multichannel music or movie you use you AVR and leave the P-5 turned off.

    reason being that music feed thru the P-5 for 2 channel will sound better then music going hru a AVR that is a jack of all trades but a master of none!

    But I think you need to pack up your speaker and send them to me to be properly burned-in as I don't want you to mess this important part up. I send them back in a few months or so hopefully :wink:

    Sure Darryl you just have to come and pick them up. Bring a truck they won't fit in a sedan.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    oh and I guess I am not done. I need a P5...skip???
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2015
    See Skip, I have a (P5) on the way myself.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Now i got to buy another shelf lol
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    goly guacamole! 200 hours???
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    edited August 2015
    200 hours will fly by. Seriously. Dam, I want to try a p5, but I'm not convinced it will outperform my benchmark dac1 pre.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XoAL-j2Ys
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • ukcolin99
    ukcolin99 Posts: 286
    msg wrote: »
    so you're driving everything off of the Yamaha 2030?
    man, yeah, like NF says, you might want to consider a 2ch preamp like the P5. I wonder how you'd like that. depending on how much of the advanced technology of the Yamaha you're using - the streaming/network playing stuff - moving to a preamp w/HT bypass might complicate things a little bit for you, and you'd need to add another piece for these services, like a Squeezebox or Sonos. if you're not using these services, that make things easier.

    how's that HT bypass work? using the HT bypass jacks on the P5 and going to the Yamaha's Inputs? and how would the center channel running on the A31 work in this configuration?

    D07C4D19E2684C67BA1A1361E732597A_12075.jpg

    I also use a 706 with 703's. you'll probably find the 706 to be a nice addition to your Parasound and LSiM setup.

    Dang that looks familiar.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    dskip is the phono stage in a P5 good?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Do you think that the P5s Burr Brown would be better than the dual Sabres in the yamaha? Also would the yamaha be of any use if got a P5?
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,020
    The Yamaha.....depends if you want HT or not. As far as the dacs go, listen to both and see which you prefer. There's more to it than just dac chips.
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