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Originally Posted by vcoheda /img/forum/go_quote.gif
... everyone i know who i consider to have substantial experience with audio equipment believes that cables burn in. and when people say that cables do not benefit from a period of break in or burn in, it makes me think they lack any kind of real experience testing and experimenting with equipment.
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I'm not here to start a war, and those you know may believe it, but I must respectfully disagree. I'm doubtful you or anyone else can provide anything other than subjective or anecdotal evidence. There is not one shred of true scientific theory to back this up. If you and others hear it, then I believe you and your ears are better than mine, however science and I say otherwise.
Where do I get the idea? Well I suppose I can go and blow my own horn about what my credo's are, but essentially I'm an audiophile and music lover like everyone else here. I'm a recording and live musician, a live sound engineer, and have spent more than a thousand hours recording and engineering in recording studios. (not a whole lot, but enough...) I've heard some damn good stereo's in my life, and I owned a first generation Sony cassette Walkman, which was my first foray into serious music listening via headphones.
I use good quality cables, which does make a small but audible difference over crappy cables. I'm using Cardas on my headphones because it's good cable made with good connectors. For my bass instrument speakers, which are powered with 850 watts each at 4 ohms, I use very thick gauge Carol 3 conductor power cable from Home Depot. - Yes, Extension cord from Home Depot. The runs are only about 4 feet in order to keep damping factor high and resistance low. I also use separate cables for positive and negative. It is better than the 'OFC' clear stuff you find in speaker shops at 4 times the price, but only because it is thicker while still being good quality copper.
But breaking in copper conductor? Causing molecules and atoms to align properly? Reducing capacitance? - or is it flux capacitance... Poppycock. (LOL, I just said Poppycock...)