Phono Cable Breakin

I don’t believe there is a set length of time for burn in. If there was, it’d vary quite bit from model to model. I’m sure it can be anywhere from 2 to 200 hours. Also many people don’t believe there is a burn in time, but I’m not one of them! Put as many hours on them via any means that you can, but I’d most certainly want to get them into my main system as soon as I could. Nothing wrong with enjoying them before they’re at their very best.

So, can I just hook it up to my TV, which runs a good 12 hours a day or my garage stereo which I can run longer without using the tube life on my main stereo?

Yes you can

    I bought a cheapo DVD player*, with which to season interconnects.

    Saves the tubes in my BAT CDP.

    Connected to any old receiver/preamp: nothing else need be powered up, to complete the circuit.

    Playing the White, Pink, and Brown Noise cuts of the Ayre Irrational, But Efficacious disc, on repeat, does the trick, after a few days.

*ie:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=dvd+player&crid=1UMRUQ4QUFZDC&sprefix=%2Caps%2C140&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_1_0_recent

Phono cables are a real problem. Yes, break in is very real. You want well over 100 hours before drawing any conclusions on sound. 200 hours is safer. The signal strength on a phono cable is minuscule and the effect on a system can be substantial, so I recommend hook it up to your TV. Get lots of hours on it.

I have broken in dozens of interconnects and cables over the last fifty years. Heard the change on each.

"I don't know if I believe in break-in time, but I do like removing all doubts,"

Stay off audio forums, and simply enjoy your system.

LOL

I use the Isotek/Esoteric, burn in enhancer CD on all my new cables for at least 100 hours.  Very effective. 

OK, got my cable in, put 60 hours on them via a comb o of TV and garage stereo.

Listened last night, sounded wonderful.

Not sure if it did anything, or If could even hear it, but was able to sit back and just enjoy instead of listening for something that may or may not be there.

Was worth the piece of mind.

Thanks all