Keeping an IC broken-in…is this a good idea?


Hi Goners,  

To keep an extra unused interconnect cable broken-in, so that when needed it is at its best performance, my plan is to connect it to the TapeOut of the preamp and back to an unused Input on the same preamp.

Will this work?  Do you see any negative effects of doing this?   Could it affect the overall sound from the pre?

What do you folks think? Good idea or not.

Thanks.


mysearcher257
Yup. Won't do a thing. If you're really picky, store it in a drawer being careful to minimize bending/twisting.
my plan is to connect it to the TapeOut of the preamp and back to an unused Input on the same preamp.
Bad idea!
If someone accidentally switch to that unused input while the system is on and playing...
Plug it into a headphone amp instead.
Thanks Guys,

I guess another of my "good" ideas bites the dust.

I am thankful for your responses and I am glad that I asked you.

- Jed 
Cable cookers work, I thought they were a bunch of hoopla, until I tried one and then bought one.. It cuts the break in time to 1/3 or less and it will freshen up the old ones for sure. Adds a direction in which it works the best. One way will sound different than the other. The more refined the system, the more you will notice cable changes (ICs) as for power cords, less so. I found a great power supply goes a long ways as far as VAC cables go.. A cooker sends pulses at 100 times the normal rate, they use a SMPS power supply.... so one day is close to ONE MONTH @ 24/7 use...

I have a guy that sends me 20 IC at a time. I Cook them.. Your jaw would drop if you knew what he charged on the mark up. 18.00 in parts and a cook, over 200.00 per pair of RCAs. 100% rating, never a problem..

OP your idea just needs a tweak or two, like hook them in a tape loop and activate the loop.. It takes a lot longer to break them in but it does work.. ADD your arrows after you do it....Might want to do that on a second system to, a lot of guys use the "second system" for just that, cable and component break in, testing too, ay 2, LOL more like 22 over here, I gotta thin the herd..

The "it don’t work crowd "STUFF IT" , you’re wrong.. plane and simple...
in denial, or just can’t hear. There are those that cannot hear the difference, that’s why we still have ZIP cord...

A good cooking on everything, sure speed up the break in time, settling time and SQ from the start... Silver or Silver clad, 2-1000 hours for them to sound the way they are going to sound... 100-300 with a good cooking.

Silver gets a BAD rap for being "too" bright, lack bass, la te da.. Cook um’ ALL that changes.

Copper drop it on the floor an give it 50 hours. :-)

BUT Silver, copper, or any other construct, Tape the ends when you disconnect them, (NOT AFTER). Loose coil, and zip tie. THEN put them in an ASB. BE CAREFUL with them.

Regards