I have a general question. If cables need to be burnt in, why do the cable manufacturers do that or do the electrons revert back to a "bad" way over a period of time? And if so, what is the best way to keep the speakers "Burnt-in"? If I go on a long vacation do they go bad, and I have to start over?
HiDiamond Diamond 3 XLR IC's - Burn-In Time?
I recently switched to a VTL 7.5 iii preamp (a mighty unit!). It has RCA and XLR I/O's, but the mfr. recommends XLR cables over the RCA. As a result, I recently bought a pair of the HD D3 XLR IC's to run from pre out to amp in. (My Krell 300 cx amp has ONLY XLR inputs; I had been using adaptors with my JPS Aluminata RCA's. Sounded fab.)
The HD's are beautifully constructed, highly detailed, lively cables -- a bit TOO lively so far - more than I am accustomed to or like. I want to give them a chance because the sound is so good in so many other ways. They have about 40 hrs on them so far.
Any experience on the expected burn-in time before they approach their mature sound? Switching pre's and cables is very traumatic!
Thx. Neal
The HD's are beautifully constructed, highly detailed, lively cables -- a bit TOO lively so far - more than I am accustomed to or like. I want to give them a chance because the sound is so good in so many other ways. They have about 40 hrs on them so far.
Any experience on the expected burn-in time before they approach their mature sound? Switching pre's and cables is very traumatic!
Thx. Neal
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Although it is not yet fully understood scientifically, the phenomenon of cable break-in has been experienced by many audiophiles.... One can now correlate the impressive signal level produced by the CABLE COOKER and the benefits derived by its use with the cabling in our audio/video systems. Wow that was impressive! The stuff in the middle is simple V=IR math. If is works at low current, why not cook quicker? Why not crank the current up to 10 amp or so? You should really be able cook quickly. And since signals flow only one direction, why not use DC? What is the point of the AC signal? Yep, dielectrics are not understood at all... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric IEEE paper where dielectrics are studied to only effect signals at RF and above. |