I recall a thread here which went into this point at some length. The upshot of it was 'reportedly' once a set of ICs are attached to a source's output and then to the preamp, for instance, the preamp does not have to be on for the cables to eventually run in.
I recently bought a few cables for my HT setup. Baring this info in mind and having the time to do it, I followed this advice on one set and burned in the other set using my cable box + reciever, which I normaly use over a CD player as there is less wear on non moving devices.
there is no question the set run in 'actively' got THERE sooner than did the ones were I just left the source on but not the preamp/reciever.
Does the passive hook up alternative run in practice work? Perhaps. it is so slow though that IMO, it's not how I'd go about doing it if things are time sensitive.
just use a sat or cable box or tuner and run them into a reciever or int.... and let it/them play for ten days or so. Going with the passive route the burn in window is well past the ten days time frame.
I recently bought a few cables for my HT setup. Baring this info in mind and having the time to do it, I followed this advice on one set and burned in the other set using my cable box + reciever, which I normaly use over a CD player as there is less wear on non moving devices.
there is no question the set run in 'actively' got THERE sooner than did the ones were I just left the source on but not the preamp/reciever.
Does the passive hook up alternative run in practice work? Perhaps. it is so slow though that IMO, it's not how I'd go about doing it if things are time sensitive.
just use a sat or cable box or tuner and run them into a reciever or int.... and let it/them play for ten days or so. Going with the passive route the burn in window is well past the ten days time frame.