[paradoxper]

Cable debate.

Please go on...

 

[InstantSilence]

Moved to optical on my dac and some further smoothness was added! Love it. Getting closer to my preferred treble.

 

[Tugbars]

do people volume match while comparing cables to each other?

 

[cjarrett]

Cable debate.

Please go on...

When the only winner are those who do not participate—a unique experience can be had.......

 

[InstantSilence]

Idk, I've always heard differences between cables once I moved on to better resolving gear... TC so resolving it shows you when you change electronics on it.
I'm not the best as describing sound or even average... But I find cables do a cleaner job than eq!

 

[Abyss Headphones]

Superconductor HP cable takes about 75 hours of play time to come around. Extended bass and space comes in near the end of this.

 

[jlbrach]

Superconductor HP cable takes about 75 hours of play time to come around. Extended bass and space comes in near the end of this.

out of curiosity,what changes in a cable over that 75 hours?

 

[Roasty]

out of curiosity,what changes in a cable over that 75 hours?

Don't know about the cable. But after spending close to 3k on one, I usually go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance..

 

[PhazeCrive]

Can't really tell if it's their marketing hype to get you to spend 2k on cables. I have bought the silver dragons from moon audio to lift the veil off of my closed backs, and Moon Audio recommended 150 hour burn-in, so the SC make sense in that regard.

 

[Joe Skubinski]

Primarily the interface between conductor and dielectric changes. Capacitors go through a similar change.
Connector contacts also reach a steady state after plugged in, but that's more like 15-20 minutes after connected. The contact surface area on each connector settles.

Audibility of the above depends on how attune you are to your system, and your experience in listening for this. A well broken in cable can be compared to the exact same cable with no time on it, that's usually the easiest way to hear a difference if you haven't trained yourself to hear this out over time.

I tend to ignore the first few days of anything new in the system. Let it play, have a listen from time to time to take a snapshot of the sound, and see how it changes day to day. The first few hours is typically more dramatic than the slower changes through the coming days or weeks. Different dielectrics change at different rates, so you'll get different break-in periods (and various roller coaster rides) through break-in depending on the design.

out of curiosity,what changes in a cable over that 75 hours?

 

[tholt]

Don't know about the cable. But after spending close to 3k on one, I usually go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance..

I literally lol'd. Nice one!

 

[qboogie]

Superconductor HP cable takes about 75 hours of play time to come around. Extended bass and space comes in near the end of this.

75 hours it is then. Will follow up with updated impressions

 

[DJJEZ]

Don't know about the cable. But after spending close to 3k on one, I usually go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then finally acceptance..

Only 3K?

 

[jlbrach]

it is incredible how we get desensitized to price...I remember when I went looking to buy my very first high end HP I saw the lcd-3 was 2k and I almost choked...now that is a bargain lol

 

[Bonddam]

who cares whether you got a better deal or not...to own the danacable and then attack the SC over its cost is kind of ridiculous...for the record the SC is a good upgrade IMHO and like all cables overpriced...it is better IMHO than the already quite good stock cable and IMHO better than the danacable which I used to own...of course it is ALL subjective including value and benefit

Jeff Wells use JPS wiring in all his amps I trust the big boys putting out top dog amps with jps wires. Jeff finds Aluminium to be richer and many other things over silver. I hear the difference. Silver is thin sounding. I would have gotten the WA33 Elite JPS but above my budget.