Do Cables Wear Out?


A fellow Hi - Fi friend was explaining particle breakdown in cables after years of use and loud rock use will bring demise sooner. Anyone have knowledge of this?
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Cables tied to the bedposts perhaps?

Normally for audio use, cables should last until the insulation hardens and cracks or until the copper corrodes away, which is probably of the order of decades... if not centuries.
Cable Threads on Audiogon NEVER wear out. They are always in fashion and there is at least one each week and they abound with clarity.