Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

@jl35  Bingo!! 🧐       @mitch2  @jnorris2005   Not so much.😔

@wolf_garcia Thou art powerful and influential.  I'm sure you have sucked the life out of this thread!  This must be the 100th or so thread about burn-in.  Lifeless topic = Lifeless thread.  Good job!😝

@wolf_garcia   You will be right at home in Post Modern America!😬

@lanceo and @azbrd   Living in the Post Modern World is gonna challenge you guys to your core.  Good luck with that!

@azbrd   Have you ever installed new cables in a system and listened over a few weeks as the sound opens up with more dynamic swing?  Regarding not using any type of contact enhancer, you might reference the Perfect Path Technologies "Total Contact" contact enhancer.  I haven't used it but the vast testimonials of those who have point to its efficacy.

@lanceo .   Who is my hero?  If you are referring to Toynbee I don't consider him to be heroic but the quotes you cited are obviously true.   Rome wasn't killed by externals. Their own cultural degradation led to so great a devaluation of humanity that they did commit suicide.  Check out the current suicide rates in the West especially among the younger citizens. Sad stuff. 

Regarding the human mind.  Science will never"contain" it.  Science doesn't explain the pleasure of viewing a beautiful work of art or more relevant here, beautiful sounding music.  It can't tell me why I prefer Shostakovich to Mahler.   I respect your engineering expertise but for your sake, don't let it limit your humanity. 

@azbrd .  I am sorry to hear that you and your friends were unable to hear cable differences.  If you were swapping them in and out of the system, it would be difficult to perceive. As anecdotal testimony from many who post here demonstrates, burn in and settling time affect the cable's sound. If you were switching the cables in and out in a non blind test, the switching would obfuscate the differences. 

"Dynamic swing" means to me a rhythmic and dynamic life to music. The classic reference to "it got my foot tapping". It, at least for me, is an essential quality of musical immersion and enjoyment. 

@glupson BINGO!

@nonoise   +1. Our ears are the ultimate arbiter. 👂🏻👂🏻

@ganainm   Can you please share the science derived explanation regarding the fact that cables do not break-in?

+1. @cleeds  You said " What I do think is odd is that those who clamor for others to pursue measurements or blind testing seem so reluctant to undertake the work themselves."  EXACTLY!  If you are appealing to the importance of measurements then supply the data to prove your assertion.

One more thing... Do the scientists and electrical engineers here truly believe that all happenings have measurements derived from scientific experiments that explain those happenings?

Metaphysics baby....metaphysics. 🧐