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swapping IC's to demo and cardas's site sdvice.

i'm in the final stages of my xlr IC comparisons. was reading the cardas site's info and was surprised to find that moving the IC's around could require "more break-in"?.

they don't really specify what degree of movement effects the cables. simple removing the connection or new bends ect....

anyone have any input?. i don't yank and throw my cables around but they do get moved repeatedly during my demos/comparisons. only have one xlr connection so keeping all 3 IC's being compared "warm" is impossible.

am i reading too much into this? or do i need to come up with a plan that takes this into account?. should i be waiting x amount of time after a re-connection to make a determination?.

not a huge deal but i seem much more confident of a decision when my a vs b vs c comparisons are done one right after the other, with minimal time in between.

thanks

levy03

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dcrugby
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yeah, i'm sure it's been discussed here in the past if you do a search.

if i recall correctly, it has something to do with creating (and i'm not going to remember the correct term here) "micro cracks" in the wire that the signal then has to deal with.

i try not to bend my cables when i'm not using them, i just lay them straight-ish, just to be safe.
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