"World's Best Cables" vs Audioquest interconnects

Yeah. You're not going to last long here. I've seen several of your type come and go through the years.

Perhaps when you grow up and mature a bit, you can re-join the forum with yet another username..

My ducc Furutech cables with ncf fittings were absolutely terrible for many many hours so I have to believe in cable burn in whole heartedly.  I think it took a year  

Sounds like this thread has entered a time shift back to the 1970's...

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The know it all has spoken!

How can it not be true?

To all, 

Actually read everything I wrote on this discussion without being skeptical.

Use your common sense. Use your brains.

And you will realize that I'm right.

How insulting “ you don’t know much”.. There is no burn in for cable, that is crap !! And that thinking is…. Stupid. Sales BS and nothing more. If in doubt get a registered written guarantee of return then waste your time trying. Asking questions in earnest on any form is cool, listening to idiots isn’t cool. The infamous cable debate has been around forever it seems. Ask questions do research get guarantees listen and satisfy yourself. Enjoy the music.

Cheers

And no, cables do not need to be burned in. Save 100 hours of electricity or more!

There is nothing mechanical about a cable.

A new car requires burn in, a new amplifier, CD player,

Or DAC also does. But not cables. Cable temperature only rises while in use; so at room temperature they return to original factory temp - which is close to room temperature plus whatever the cable insulation jacket adds or subtracts. The process of cable burn in would have to be a structural change in the conductor that wasn’t already present when the speaker cables or interconnects were made. No magical fairy dust can cause this to happen...unless of course your cables oxidize after being exposed to too much air over a sustained period of time. I guess one could call that: cable burn out! :)

And there are companies who make cables and burn them in for you! 

Meaning it simply sits in the warehouse for a few extra days and in that time they can fulfill more orders, while delaying delivery of your cables.

All of what I'm telling you is not rocket science OP, but I speak the truth. The folks who disagree with me are clearly Harvard educated, advanced electrical engineers, and have IQs that surpass the folks at NASA. That's why they know so much lol

If you want to be full proof, just keep your interconnects as short as possible and your speaker cables below the maximum length based on impedance and AWG.

Cables are like a bridge for the audio signal and electrons to cross. Make sure that bridge is not too long, and you should be fine.

And besides, I have never heard of an audio component company or speaker company being able to guarantee maximum system performance with a particular brand of exotic speaker cable. If this was truly the case, then why don't they tell you?

Afterall, a manufacturer who wants maximum profits for their audio components and speakers would want their gear to perform well! So if word gets out, more people buy = more money for them! 

Get my drift??! 

Your audio cables shouldn't change the sound of your system. Instead, they should simply allow your system to perform normally.

Cable resistance is the most important thing. Then comes compacitance and inductance. If a cable measures well on an audio analyzer, it will be equally transparent to a different cable with the same or similar measurements. If the differences between measurements are beyond the threshold of human hearing, you will hear no difference.

Audiophiles often hear differences in cables due to volume matching issues and confirmation bias. The power of suggestion is very strong. It's like trying a restaurant that your friends and family suggested. Since they like it so much, you're going to try and appreciate the food and drinks more.

Cables are very inexpensive to produce. Companies selling it for thousands of dollars are taking advantage of audiophile gullibility.

Uh, the OCC process was not even discovered until 1986.

In 1986 the Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) process was introduced. The world patent "UP-OCC" (Ultra Pure Copper by Ohno Continuous Casting Process) was developed by professor Ohno of Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan.

The OFC conductors and XLPE insulation in the Mogami cables is fine. The 22awg stranded conductor size is adequate for ICs, although some like a bit larger size, which may provide a denser, more robust (i.e., less thin) sound. You can purchase that cable bulk for around $1/foot. However, professional lineage cables like those are designed for ruggedness, flexibility, and “good” sound but not necessarily SOTA sound. In this case, the gold over brass connectors could be improved on. WBC previously offered KLEI connectors (for more money) which, IMO, would probably result in a sonic upgrade based on the copper base metal and minimalist design. Your AQ cables may have solid conductors and, if they are older, I am not surprised if they sound a bit warmer.

monoprice cables are not very good you want the best cables by OCC single Crystal copper that has been proven now for 50 years to be the best cable for audio and there's some companies that rip you off for it and there's some companies that charge fairly for it.

boy you don't know much do you? all cables need to be burnt in for a couple hundred hours whether their speaker cables or interconnects or digital cable. how long have you been doing this? LOL LOL

Whatever it is, different cables make my system sound different. Make that DRASTICALLY different. It's probably down to the so-called synergy.

Cables are about matching your system sound to what the cables do. You liked your AQs because they matched the direction your system needed. There are not good cables and bad cables. There are cables that work with your system and cables that take it in the wrong direction.

That's a real Amazon link.  Cheap cables.  Big marketing claims.  

Cables don’t burn in. Audio components do.

Cables cannot transform a good system into an amazing one...unless you’re using the cables as a tone control. And of course, if your perceptions are in line with what you want to hear. Then you will be happy.

Cables shouldn’t really have a "sound" including speaker cables and interconnects.

However, using low AWG power cables can improve depth and clarity.

Monoprice makes some good ones. Rated at up to 1625w or more.

Be careful in navigating the snake oil out there. Also, a cable cannot create distortion. (Audioquest cables claim to solve this nonexistent problem)

They should burn them in for you.

Not clicking on a link to who knows what - so what does the little man in your head tell you to do