Unplugging / replugging Anti Cables Changes things


I recently had to move my Linn LK140 power amp sideway by 6 inches to make some room. I had to unplug my Anti Cables from the power amp.

When I replug my cables back to the amp, the previous sumptious and open sound of this beautiful cable were gone. Instead, it now sounded congested and somewhat masked.

After over 10 hours of playing, the openness of the previous sound came back a bit, but not fully. I have been playing the amp for well over 50 hrs now, the previous sumptuous open sound of the Anti Cables (when I had over 200 hrs of continuous playing unplugged) never fully returned.

Has anyone experience this strange phenomenon ?
vaioy

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Thanks for the quick response. I doubled checked, all speaker and amp terminals connected by the Anti Cables Speaker cables are correctly connected, so I presume there is no 'phase' change.
Bbro: What is your experience after your discoonecting/reconnecting the Anti-Cables ?
Of course, you have an additional variable to consider, i.e. your new MIII 'Signature'.
Thanks for the responses.
Shadone: the stiffness of the Anti-Cable speaker wires would prevent me from having an accidental phase shift of the terminals at the amp end. I don't think I have accidentally phase shifted my terminals at the emp end. I did not touch the speaker end at all. Given what you said about sumptuous sound with deliberate phase change, I will deliberately try it.

Plato: I did not put any new instruments next to my amp. I made room for my CD collection next to the amp. I since moved the amp back to its original position.

Mlsstl: After over 25 hrs of reconnecting, the sound has still not come back to the original broken in sound of the Anti Cables.
Funny one Plato. My audio imagination is not that great when something so obvious is happening.

Knownothing: I will try separating the Anti Cables speaker wire further away from other cables. The power cord is perpendicularly running (90 degree) running across the Anti Cables.
Foster_9: I am glad that you seemed to experience the same thing as I do. I have just moved my power cord further away from the unshield Anti Cables speaker wire and if they are close (at least 2 inches), they are perpendicularly (90 degree) running.

I will need more extended listening time to deduce whether this will get back to my previous performance of the broken-in (never unplugged) cable.

Could some one here let me know how far the Anti Cables Speaker and interconnects should be separated from other shielded cables including power cords to avoid RFI.
I pulled apart some of the power cables that were already running perpendicular (90 degree) of the Anticables. The Anticable speaker cables are now left at least 2 inches from the power cables and other shielded interconnect cables.

I did NOT play the already run-in Anticables for another 500 hrs, but just played the usual amount of hours (average 1-2 hrs per day). After 3 weeks of this normal playing and stay in this rearranged position, the former sumptuous glory sound of the AntiCables returned.

If anyone here (including Paul Speltz) who can offer me an explanation for this experience, I would really appreciate it.