Thank you for the responses (most of you!). There was a slight change in the first hour or, not so much in the next few. I guess a little more patience will help to evaluate them. I honestly hope this is a “phase”, rather than “they way it is”, because the improvements I hear do not make up for the loss of overall musical enjoyment. Best,
Burn-In with Preowned Transparent Speaker Cables?
Hi, a question about your experiences with preowned cables ...
I just acquired a pair of Transparent Gen 5 Super speaker cables, pre-owned. I do not know the hours of usage, but they came out of recent use in another owner's system. I am using them to replace a pair of Kimber 8TC I have used for years on various speaker systems. After a few hours use, I hear the Transparents as being big, bold, and dynamic, with stronger bass, and a nice ability to place individual instruments very distinctly across the image. But I also hear them as being significantly less musical, fairly uneven in perceived frequency response (no measurements here), and not having a really smooth spatial image. I am fairly stunned, because they are generally not smooth and somewhat hard to listen to.
So my question is this ... should I expect that Transparent cables require a significant breaking period to even out their sound? Are these common break-in characteristics for these cables, even though previously used? Any other ideas?
The cables are being used with a Burmester 911 amp and Wilson Sasha 2 speakers. I have verified cable hookup polarity and direction.
Thank you sharing your thoughts.
I just acquired a pair of Transparent Gen 5 Super speaker cables, pre-owned. I do not know the hours of usage, but they came out of recent use in another owner's system. I am using them to replace a pair of Kimber 8TC I have used for years on various speaker systems. After a few hours use, I hear the Transparents as being big, bold, and dynamic, with stronger bass, and a nice ability to place individual instruments very distinctly across the image. But I also hear them as being significantly less musical, fairly uneven in perceived frequency response (no measurements here), and not having a really smooth spatial image. I am fairly stunned, because they are generally not smooth and somewhat hard to listen to.
So my question is this ... should I expect that Transparent cables require a significant breaking period to even out their sound? Are these common break-in characteristics for these cables, even though previously used? Any other ideas?
The cables are being used with a Burmester 911 amp and Wilson Sasha 2 speakers. I have verified cable hookup polarity and direction.
Thank you sharing your thoughts.