Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period?

Realprober, my experience matches yours. After reading how they bested Audience AU24 in some systems on Audiogon I was anxious to try them. But I was a bit disappointed the way they performed in my system. What really did them in for me was the reduction in scope of the soundstage. Still at $80 for an 8ft. pair, an excellent deal, but I greatly preferred the AU24 and Ridge Street Poiema to them with my equipment.

Sounds just like the symptoms of a new cable needing more break in time. I just broke in a pair of Coincident CST IC's placed between my pre and mono blocks. Israel Blume recomends two hundred hours of initial break in and they needed every single bit of it! Had very much of the nasties you described but, not any more. Their beautiful! I have never heard a wire that didn't need a break in. Enjoy!

I can't say that my Speltz cables benefitted from a whole lot of break-in. Perhaps they have gotten a little bit smoother, but they did sound excellent from the beginning.

My Speltz throw a huge soundstage, are quite palpable, are grain free, highs and mids are natural sounding, not over-exaggerated, and bass is there in spades, and controlled / tight. Leanness, bass loss, lacking body? => Absolutely not in my system!

I bi-wire with two sets of Speltz cables, and I do not have the (+) and (-) spaced apart. Instead, they are tied together every foot to two feet, using small cable ties.

I think you may have a case of missing synergy. Something in your system is not jiving with the Speltz, or vice versa.

They need 30-40 hours. Get smoother, more detailed. Regarding bass, I had the same expirience.

In my system...........

They sounded like some very good cable. But there was a significant loss of bass and the whole presentation was lean. The soundstage and imaging was good and the sound was not harsh. It just lacked that body in the mids and the bass foundation to make them complete.

Break in wasn't an issue as they had some hours on them when I recieved them. It is my understanding that break in is minimal. Again, this was in my system with my equipment, YMMV. Also, this was before I had the Cardas GR interconnects in my system also.

Cheers