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Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
Years from now Hollywood will make movies about a massive world wide conspiracy of cable burn in.  Many lives were destroyed.  Audiophiles husbands were separated from their wives.  Prof was incarcerated for fighting the conspiracy. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
I am glad somebody brought up Occam's razor.If you Occam's razor the moon landing, it's probably real.If you Occam's razor cable break in, it's probably real. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
I think it’s settled. Profs explanations and points are very rational and make a ton of sense while GK and the rest are completely the opposite. It's not that easy. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
Maybe prof is a super rich guy who retires so he got a lot of time typing :-)  If he earns money like I do probably keeps it short. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
Prof,There have been a lot of measurements been made.  It's called our "ears" and the data has been recorded by countless of listeners all over the world. Unless you call them all liars or you say our ears are not valid instruments. 
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Thank you Tom. I appreciate your opinions very much. I can’t wait for your response with respect to time-coherent in a speaker using multiple bass drivers. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
prof, (or should I call you professor Hume :-)First I appreciate that you're being very polite in your response considering some of the other posters around here.I think I have to make an assumption that in order for the human race to work, one ha... 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
prof,I guess you're saying our hearing is not a valid way of measuring.  If you cannot trust your hearing, then what else can you trust?  Once in awhile a person hearing can be fooled, but what you're saying is everybody hearing on earth has been ... 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
Cable manufacturers are just as human and prone to bias as anyone else. Bias influences, or just mistakes in perception, can happen whether you are switching quickly between A and B, or slowly over time. In order for this to be true, every sing... 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
I think in order to make a valid discussion, ones have to agree on some basic level which is our ears can identify differences in what we here.  If you say that all differences are psychological then there is no point to further the discussion.Nex... 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
i see the reason for a car’s brakes - to heat treat the rotors evenly and burnish an set the pads, but I have never seen any explanation for speaker cables. I think one of the reason is with real world objects such as car brakes, you can see it ... 
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In my previous post, when I compared different filter order,I didn't mean to say that higher order is bad and first orderis good. I think each filter order has its own strength andweakness. High order filter objective gives you more "clarity"but... 
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My impression of the Thiel CS2.4My first impression when I unpack them is that they seem a bitbigger than I remember. The craftmanship is impecable. Somethinglike this today would probably cost $20K. And they are heavy!!!My only disappointment ... 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
geoffkait only ties up his subjects with wire in one direction - clockwise. 
Do speaker cables need a burn in period?
Machina Dynamica sounds like a website for bondage.