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Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good?

I recently bought a new power cord but there isn’t much difference in sound quality between this new cord and the previous Wireworld Elektra 7 which it replaces. The cords are used on the DAC.

Any ideas if the cord needs to burn in to open up and sound better? It currently has about 5 hours on it and I think I prefer the sound quality of the previous cord which costs 10 times cheaper.

Any thoughts appreciated.
ryder

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jhills
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My advice: If you bought a $5K amp and it doesn't sound good with the cord it came with, but you think supplying it with a $5K power cord will make it sound great - save your $5K and buy an amp. that has a decent power supply and sounds great with the cord it comes with....Jim
jhills
610 posts
 
Clarification: Most amps, pre-amps CPDs and DACs do sound better after a period of warm up (usually 20 - 30 min. for tubed gear and sometimes several hours for SS gear) and most equipment will sound marginally better after a period of break in - hours, not hundreds of hours. So the above statement is assuming that the amp is a good match with your other devices and speaker load and has been adequately warmed up and broken in itself....Jim  
jhills
610 posts
 
@mahlman  I put a heat strip around my power cables to maintain a minimum of 150 degrees F

 WOW! This keeps getting more bizarre all the time....Jim
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