Did you know that if a burnt-in cable was unused for, like, month, it burns-out and must be re-burned-in?

[Solan]

Originally Posted by chesebert

Does running enough ampere-hour effect the fermi level of the metal such that the work function of the metal is decreased as a result?

I left my copy of Ofenbach&Schleicher with a colleague, so I would have to get back to you on that.

[The Monkey]

This kinda explains why my cables get burnt out when I use them too much; they get tired. Who can blame them?

[warpdriver]

I always keep my audio system turned on playing low level music. I find this sufficient to keep the "burn in" sound. Otherwise, the sound is very congested, and the singer's voices sound a bit delayed, and it looses all the PRAT. I use my iPod for this purpose since I don't want to keep my computer on or my CD player running 24/7. I also find the iPod's additional distortion over my other sources tends to flush out the clogged sound better.

I find that running white noise the night before is necessary to keep my cables burned in, if I'm going to do some critical listening the next day. If I don't do that, they sound takes a few minutes to warm up, otherwise it sounds cold and sterile for the first 5-10 minutes. I also massage the cables with my hands a bit before I turn on my system, to stretch the strands and I find that the sound is more spatious and is less subject to overburn. Overburn happens when the cable is overused, and you need to let it recover for a few days. I find rubbing an icepack on them for a few minutes each day restores the condition

[MatsudaMan]

Yeah, I totally agree. I got this blender, and when I first used it, it sounded super loud and vibrated this way and that. After a few weeks of making smoothies, it toned down and had a nice purr to it - also, the vibration came into balance. Funny thing is, after returning from a trip, I found it to have it's original unbroken-in characteristic harsh/loud vibration. It had to be rebroken-in. Dude.

[Patrick82]

Originally Posted by warpdriver

I always keep my audio system turned on playing low level music. I find this sufficient to keep the "burn in" sound. Otherwise, the sound is very congested, and the singer's voices sound a bit delayed, and it looses all the PRAT. I use my iPod for this purpose since I don't want to keep my computer on or my CD player running 24/7. I also find the iPod's additional distortion over my other sources tends to flush out the clogged sound better.

I find that running white noise the night before is necessary to keep my cables burned in, if I'm going to do some critical listening the next day. If I don't do that, they sound takes a few minutes to warm up, otherwise it sounds cold and sterile for the first 5-10 minutes.

I have experimented with leaving the system burning in at all volumes between 40-60dB and each dB step gave a different sound signature. But I found out that the louder burn-in volume gave more fullness, warmth and low-level detail. So now I always leave the music playing at the same volume I listen to.

I also put a thick blanket on top of my headphones to keep them warmer, I haven't heard a significant difference from the blanket but it helps me sleep at night because I sleep next to my audio system.

Originally Posted by warpdriver

I also massage the cables with my hands a bit before I turn on my system, to stretch the strands and I find that the sound is more spatious and is less subject to overburn. Overburn happens when the cable is overused, and you need to let it recover for a few days.

I haven't made much experiments with this but I noticed that if I bend my Genesis cables I need to burn them in again for 2-3 weeks.

Originally Posted by warpdriver

I find rubbing an icepack on them for a few minutes each day restores the condition

In a cold room I heard more detail from the cables but less detail from the headphones. This combination gives a fake black background because there is more whiteness from colder cables and more edginess from colder headphone diaphragms. The winter has a lot of transparency/edginess/thinness and the summer has a lot of low-level detail/smoothness/fullness.

[jonnywolfet]

i like to sing to my cables to keep them happy.

[QQQ]

[Drag0n]

Cool, now i dont have to have but one set of headphones

All i have to do is burn them in for a different type of music and my Grados will sound like Sennheisers and i can make my Sennheisers sound like Grados

Yayyyyy!!!!

Pfffft!..... 'scuse me

[Know Talent]

Originally Posted by Duggeh

Where? 6 Moons?

....or Positive Feedback?
Stereovile, TAS, ...

cables and snakes, snakes and cables!!!

[moogoob]

Singing to cables doesn't work. I've tried. Singing to my iPod, however really loosened up the highs and gave the sound a more expansive soundstage.

(This thread is proof of my signature. )