Does Newly Soldered Cables Require Run-In?


I just got my speaker cables reterminated with banana plugs. Does the solder require run-in, and if yes for how long?

This question arises as I noticed a slight reduction in holographic image with the newly-soldered wires. Thanks.
ryder

Showing 1 response by rockadanny

Ditto, but after a couple of weeks if sound is still worse than before you had them reterminated the issue could be poor soldering job or moving to banana plugs from what you had before (spades? bare?). From reading opinions (unreliable) it seems that order of preference for sound quality of speaker wire terminations (best to least): bare, spades, then bananas.