Is a cable cooker worth it?

If you are dealing with Designs and compatibility issues and do not have time to wait for breakin you better believe they are worth it!

I just orderd one from Hagerman which might not be exactly what I want,but I will it will help till I build one.

JMO

Jim Hagerman has an inexpensive cooker out. FOr those on a budget it might be worth it.

http://www.hagtech.com/frykleaner.html

"Heathkit, Leader, Eico, etc... Sine / Square wave generator."
Was thinking about such a device!

I had another poster write with a suggestion of using somehting else also.I will try to what was said in my notes.

The Hageman unit does seem to help get through the Grain Stage when trying to get the wires cooked. I do not have the time for regular music burn in and I do not think silver can be done that way.Takes forever to open up.

Using the HAG I can take wires off after 50 and get an idea after 10hrs of music where the design is at or if it is plausible to use.

I will look into the Heath Kit!Have not used anything from them since the 70's.

WIll post a follow-up!Thx!

Just to add.Bob Crump only uses a Mobie for breaking in IC;s and runs speaker cables endlessly with music.I have not been breaking in speaker cables lately ,but it might be better to just get a dummy load put at the end of the runs and play something very Bass Dynamic to break speaker wires in. I used U2's NY last time I broke in speaker cables ,leaving it on repeat for a week.

JMO

Sean,geez! with all the cable you have I would place a few ad's to do some late summer cleaning! The only cable I went back to recently was a small run of Tara Labs TFA for Bass drivers. I really do not like Kimber,but I respect what Ray has done. Transparent is worst IMO. Very costly.

Yes,I believe your opinion on buring in cables. I always dealt with Copper until recently and it is much easier to burn in through regular music than Silver. Seems like silver really needs a burner to breakin. The thing which really made me shy away from silver is the high cost and it is not until I look into the ultra expensive Silver cables that I heard the results that I need. So I tried to Copper that gave me the HF extension that SIlver is able to achieve.

My own version of OTA comes really close and if I use Silver IC's with it I am quite satisfied with the playback I get.

I thought of getting a signal generator before and I shall be looking into getting one soon with a samll PS.Seems like a more effective way of doing burn in. I shall need more burnin capability when I go public with new IC's nad Speaker Cables. Silver I imagine I will burn in for 50hrs. before sending out.

Thanks for your opinions and idea's.They shall be invaluable for what I am planning.

Regards,ABEX