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Cable Cooking/Burnin

I read this on KLE Innovations, http://kleinnovations.com/kle-innovations-klei-products/essence-gzero-ic/, and wondered what your thoughts on Cable Cooking/Burnin might be ...

Burnin/Cooking Time

We believe that the Burnin/Cooking process can be thought of as an extension/finishing of the Annealing process.

This is a practice that can dramatically/drastically improve performance and has been gaining acceptance from HiFi enthusiasts :) Usually, any listener will be able to identify a marked change/improvement in audio component performance within the first 100 or more hours of use, whether it be a cable, connector, component or loudspeaker.

Burnin/Cooking time is the process whereby electrical signal/charge gradually settles/corrects/aligns dielectric, electromagnetic, and material (metal and non-metal) issues that occur/result during the construction process. These aspects are often and usually found in Cables/Connectors and usually results in a brittle, bright, muddy, non-cohesive sound that lacks the Detail, Resolution, Timbre, PRaT, Harmonic Texture, Organicness, Naturalness, and Staging which is desired for music reproduction. Burnin/Cooking Time improves the way that signal passes through the conductors and dielectrics and it is the resulting changes in signal transmission that refines and defines the performance of the audio cables.

While it is most important to implement Burnin/Cooking Time, upon purchase, routine maintenance is always important, also. Cables/Connectors that have not been played, or left unused, for long/prolonged periods of time, may become stagnant and again require Burnin/Cooking Time.
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davidpritchard
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I have an AudioDharma Cable Cooker and would not be without one. Even on cables that have hundreds of hours on them, the benefit of cable conditioning can easily be heard.

I recondition my systems 2 to 3 times a year and I always find the sonic improvement worth the effort.

David Pritchard
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I have an AudioDHarma Cable Cooker and would not be without it. I recondition all my cables and interconnects every 4 to 6 months. It is easy to hear the improvement even after multiple conditionings. In addition the AudioDharma manufacturer now has an add on that runs the signal thru the ground wire of your power cords. This gives a further benefit to the sound.

I believe it has saved me money in the long run. I do not chase after new cables like I used to- a conditioned cable just sounds so much better.
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I have played Audioquest, Morrow, Kimber, Virtual Dynamics, and Synergistic Research all for at least 150 hours and then put them on an AudioDharma Cable Cooker. Each cable and interconnect showed significant improvement.

I am convinced that conditioning a cable with the AudioDharma unit improves the sound that otherwise will not be heard.

Nonoise send me your cables and I will condition them for the cost of postage.

What cable manufacturer can't hear what conditioning does to his cables and what brand of conditioner has he tried?

David Pritchard
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I have Morrow speaker cables and interconnects. After playing them hundreds of hours, I put them on the AudioDharma Cable Cooker. There was a significant further improvement. For many cables, the audio signal cable is just not sufficient to fully break in the cables.
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