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Can an unused cable break in?

I bought a new $300 Audioquest cable about a month ago, hoping to improve the sound of my Cyrus CD transport.  It didn't improve the SQ even after a little  break-in period.   I compared it to another transport system I had and it was quite inferior. So I stopped using the Cyrus but left it plugged in the wall for the month.
Lo and behold, I compared the two transports today and there was virtually no difference in sound between the two of them.
I’m listening to the Cyrus right now and am thrilled with it.
Either it’s my imagination, or the cable broke in while unused!  The difference isn’t subtle.
Is such a thing possible?


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alexberger
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Hi @rvpiano ,

I have a similar experience with my Chord Qutest DAC.
I run it (using my computer as transport) for about 200 hours.
It was connected to computer through USB to SPDIF adapter, because I use DAC with CD transport connected by SPDIF in my system.
So, after this 200 hours break in period Qutest DAC sounded OK but with some drawbacks. During next month I listened it a few hours, but it was always plugged in.
And when after this month I did a critical listening again I was shocked how sound had be changed! All drawbacks I had listened before were disappeared!

Regards,
Alex.
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