Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

I had some KK silver KCAG interconnects that sounded a little harsh so I cooked them for 24 hours but no change. I then cooked them for a solid week. Wallah, the harshness was gone. Now what happened? 1. I might have cleaned the contacts by moving them. 2. Some static may have bled out. 3. The power grid may have been cleaner. 4. I might have been in a cheerier mood or by waiting and being more optimistic.

Virgin Morrow cables

"don't immediately suck and then magically become fabulous, although they do seem to improve a bit."  

Mine cost <10% of equivalent Morrows, and they DO immediately suck (uncertain about the magic to come). So I'm thinking maybe we get what we pay for and this thread is way out of my league. Thanks, folks!

Go to the head of the class! 👨🏻‍🎓

That's almost as good as this video with all the cables in the wrong direction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4mHPeMGTJM

It’s perhaps not obvious to the casual observer 👀 but the power cord should be in the right direction, too. Actually, all wiring and cables including the digital cable and Ethernet cable and HDMI cable and of course fuses, should be in the right direction, too. 🔜 Even a stubborn mule can hear the difference. Yes, I realize this is supposedly a hot button topic 🥵 but the only debate is in the mind 🧠 of the pseudo-scientist. 🤔

As the little mice in Babe sing, that’s the way things are.

Pop quiz: why does AudioQuest highly polish the surface of their solid conductor cables?

"Pop quiz: why does AudioQuest highly polish the surface of their solid conductor cables?"

To improve appearance.

I said cables not helmets, glubby.

I had no idea that AudioQuest makes helmets. On the other hand, that would be a more meaningful product.

I think we are adults here ...

You’re still new here, so you can easily be forgiven for this notion.


Hahahahaha...made my week!!!!

I think we are adults here ...

It's no joke since some are actually in high places and in real life.  Not just online forums.  Now, that's scary, not funny.

The scariness of real people in high places: "Our threat lies not in the will to power, but in the urge to obey." Audiogon safety zone!

As much as a hair dryer does!