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Cable Burn In

I'm new here and new to the audiophile world. I recently acquired what seems to be a really high end system that is about 15 years old. Love it. Starting to head down the audiophile rabbit hole I'm afraid.

But, I have to laugh (quietly) at some of what I'm learning and hearing about high fidelity.

The system has really nice cables throughout but I needed another set of RCA cables. I bit the bullet and bought what seems to be a good pair from World's Best Cables. I'm sure they're not the best you can get and don't look as beefy as the Transparent RCA cables that were also with this system. But, no sense bringing a nice system down to save $10 on a set of RCA cables, I guess.

Anyway, in a big white card on the front of the package there was this note: In big red letters "Attention!". Below that "Please Allow 175 hours of Burn-in Time for optimal performance."

I know I'm showing my ignorance but this struck me as funny. I could just see one audiophile showing off his new $15k system to another audiophile and saying "Well, I know it sounds like crap now but its just that my RCA cables aren't burned-in yet. Just come back in 7.29 days and it will sound awesome."
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Warning: I'm a cable designer and manufacturer.
Cables and a system has to be resolved enough to hear the break in period. Cables like Monster are so grainy and blurred that there is no difference and just because a system is detailed doesn't mean it is resolved. Detailed just emphasizes the leading edge of notes.

Of course other things make bigger differences but just like speakers sound better when they are warmed up, cables change usually between the 20 and 200 hour mark depending on voltage and the materials used in the cable. Ours take 225 hours because of the Nano tubes.
BTW I think music is better than one of those break in machines that causes a signature on the wire.
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