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Burn in time for Virtual Dynamics Cables

Hi,
I just received a Power 3 power cord and Audition interconnects for my CD player. After doing some research and talking to lots of people, this seemed like a good first step in bringing my system into balance ... I've been suffering from a somewhat bright tonal balance and some hardness/glare in the upper mids/low trebble.

So far, after about 40 hours of playing, I'm hearing some improvement. A slight smoothing out of the mids and trebble, and some more weight to the bass. The difference is by no means dramatic, though. I'm wondering how much more improvement I might expect, and how long it should take to show up. If it's a long time, I may have to ask the folks at VD to extend my audition period.

Rick at VD is ultimately suggesting that I do my whole system with Audition cable and that this will make all my dreams come true. This initial test is really just to wet my appetite for what's possible. How big a difference do you think the speaker cables would make? My current cables are a wildcard ... they might be terrible, but i have no way of comparing to anything at the moment.

Here's my system:
Rega Planet 2000, with VD power 3 cord and audition ICs
Unison Unico hybrid integrated, stock power cord
Triangle Zerius speakers (about 400 hours of break in)
20 feet of Audioquest GR8 speaker wire

Thank you for any input!
Paul
paulraphael

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gunbei
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Buckingham definitely knows his VD cables. He and a few other of us were early customers of Rick's. I tried out four Power 2s about a year ago and was so impressed, I upgraded to the full cyro'd Audition Package a few months later.

For me, they took about a month for full break in. I would say within the first week you should get roughly 70% of the cable's potential. The huge, precise soundstage and excellent clarity are there immediately, but what happens over the long run is that they lose their iciness and sound much more natural once burned in.

I went through the same process when I upgraded my digital cable from Audition to Nite, and added a Nite extension cable in front of my Auditions lasy summer.

Prior to the Audition Package I was using a hodgepodge of very good cables, but could never find a scheme that was smooth yet detailed, natural yet spacious. To be honest, I'm not sure if my success is due to the Virtual Dynamics brand, a unified cable package or both. But I'm happy!
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