I’m glad I read this thread because it reminded me to check all my cable contacts. It’s been a while since I’ve done that. For whatever reason I’m not one who can hear differences between cables, except in extreme cases, like interconnects or speaker cables that are very long and too high in resistance. Another case was some cables with a little transformer built in to convert pro level output down to consumer level. Those things sounded horrible. They also measure poorly. Another thing that can sound really bad is using a y-splitter. Very obvious stuff. Comparing two interconnects of any cost that are both meeting basic criteria and suitable for the application has proven mission impossible for me. I also can't tell if it's been broken in or not.
Interconnect Break In?
I'm wondering about break in on a new interconnect (RCA's). I'm using it from my CD player / Streamer to my preamp. If the CD player is on and streaming but the preamp is off, does the interconnect still break in?
If this has been answered and you can point me to that I'd appreciate it. I just didn't have any luck searching.
Thanks!