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Phono Cable Breakin

Looking for a little help here.

I have a new phono cable coming in and given I only listen to my main stereo only an hour or 2 a day, it will take months for the cable to get to it's recommended break-in time.

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?

If I can do the TV, I can hit the recommend time in a week.

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

Thanks

 

 

 

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ghdprentice
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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.

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