Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy C
...run in for a little while. Some say there is no such thing as break-in, but I'm convinced otherwise. My Revels took quite some to start playing music. Maybe it's because I listen at a pretty low level (well, usually)... the woofer hardly moves. Also, I remember the first time I fired up the Studio 60s - I thought in many ways they sounded worse than the Titans they just replaced. Now, it's night and day. I'm not going to say it's the magical "100 hours", but burn-in time was definitely needed in both cases.

Same thing with my new amp... sounded "good" but no magic at first. After spinning a few records it really opened up and started strutting her stuff.

Don't worry about being "blown away", I'm sure it just has a different tonality you aren't used to. That, and run-in is an issue. That's just like when I was A/Bing the N804s vs. Contour 1.4 - the Danes seemed dull in comparison, but The B&Ws would probably keep me on the edge of my seat. Don't get me wrong, it's a good speaker that does many things well - just not for me.

Sorry 'bout the merry-go-round... it certainly can be an expensive hobby! Should have stopped when you started, eh? Oh, well...

The DeVores (sp?) look interesting... I think there is a dealer in Brooklyn.

Keep us posted on the Quads!
Thanks for the encouragement Jimmy and maybe you have a point and the 22L's just need a little time to settle down.I know it's never a good idea to judge this stuff prematurely.As you say sometimes the adjustment to a completely new sounding piece of equipment is a big piece of the puzzle and you have to get that out of the way before you can realistically decide if you're happy with your choice.I even went so far today as to check all connections for polarity and orientation for my directional interconnects.Everything of course was correct as I just needed to do that for my head.I don't know if it's BS or not but I've heard that my particular pre-amp(as well as any pre-amp) can take up to 300 hours of run-in before it reaches it's maximum potential.Mine has maybe 50 hours on it and my 73T probably has about 30 hours on it so I guess I need to be a little more patient.Take care