Light - Man
Headphoneus Supremus
It is precisely my open mind that allows to me to question or comment on the claims or statements made by you. Instead of replying intelligently with evidenced based proof to substantiate your claims you reply with a thinly veiled insult.
You have posted those claims in two different threads none of which are in the sound science section. Yes you could discuss it in that section but according to you anybody that questions those claims has a closed mind and there is no point in discussing it further. Who has the closed mind??
And I do listen to the music pal. I'm certainly not wondering whether my interconnects are back to front or how many hours burn in my copper cable has whilst doing so.
If you want to insult me further please do it via PM.
Oldmate, Thank you for your reply.
My reply is a general one to all, my intention is not to insult you or anyone else and I am prepared to debate the subject but as you will know we are told by some self-appointed Head-fi Police not to be going off the subject of the thread and that is the only reason why I said we should debate it elsewhere.
I have been into hi-fi for many years starting with the original Sony walkman pro, CD walkman, car/home hi-fi and in recent years DAP's etc.
It is a belief by enthusiasts all around the world that equipment and cable burn-in-time does make a difference to the sound and to me for anyone to state factually that it is all nonsense has no right to do so.
It is my belief that it is for the non believers to prove us wrong and to prove to us beyond a reasonable doubt that those who believe are wrong (not the other way around)
I for example could provide plenty of scientific theory to support my claims but on the other hand - from those who repute our claim - all we get is very little substance other than it's all in your head mate and its is all nonsense.
Some people don't seem to realise that it is not the copper conductor etc. that requires burn/run in time but instead it is the insulating dieletric covering to the cable that can cause issues to the signal when the cable is new.
An ideal conductor is one that is purly surrounded by air but practically a good cable will have the lowest dielectric constant as possible (but will never be as good as air).
Put simply the burn in process saturates the dieletric material with an electrical charge but it is the orientation of the electrical charge along the cable in relation to the direction of the signal flow that causes the directional effect on the cable (similar to magnetic polarity).
If you turn the cable around after burn in you will lose any benefits of burn in.
When you buy a good cable what you get is high quality materials and state of the art production processes and they do not have to be expensive.
Good fiio cables for example have teflon coated "OCC" Copper (and not PVC like cheaper cables) and are about £10 or $15.
BTW I dont like software or hardware based EQ as I believe they degrade the sound and I prefer to choose neutral equipment and hence do not require them.
I hope this post will be some help to those who believe in burn-in and equally to those sitting on the fence but eitherway we all have our own opinions and I have no intension in trying to change any one's mind other than to encourage open-mindedness!