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Best speaker cable for Revel F-208's
KLEI gZero6 SC 
Best speaker cable for Revel F-208's
KLEI zFLOW22 SCs 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
I have an AudioDHarma Cable Cooker and would not be without it. I recondition all my cables and interconnects every 4 to 6 months. It is easy to hear the improvement even after multiple conditionings. In addition the AudioDharma manufacturer now h... 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
Do you find that the XLO burnin CD track9 repeat works for you? 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
What do you think of a 10hrs on/2hrs off approach, where the 2hrs off simply allows the magnetic effects that build up in the cooking/burnin components to subside/drain away, before the cooking/burnin is continued? 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
Here's a purpose built DIY unit... http://desirableaudio.blogspot.ca/2009/01/diy-kable-kooker.htmlWilliewonka, is this your cable cooker? 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
I've found that Cooking gets you to "end-state" much quicker, but actual usage still refines the SQ of cooked cables even further.- E.g. even a well cooked cable sounded much better after 100 hours of playing - but it would have taken in excess of... 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
Morrow Cables espouse this approach... 24 hours on (continuous playing) then 6 hours off then 6 hours on then 6hrs off then 6 hours on and so on until cooking/burnin is complete... I wonder how Morrow Cables decided that 6 hours on then 6hrs off i... 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
The following has been suggested, what do you think...Break in for cables makes a difference. Are we really burning in the cable or settling the dielectric ? Both actually. The conductor takes minimal time of constant play to burn in a path of lea... 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
Shirley you jest :) 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
That link clearly shows that Cable Cooking/Burnin is beneficial :) 
Cable Cooking/Burnin
Yes, I have found/noticed serious benefits from cooking/burnin and I found this part very interesting and it sort of makes sense to me...We believe that the Burnin/Cooking process can be thought of as an extension/finishing of the Annealing process. 
Audioquest Castle Rock vs Pikes Peak
Kimber 8TC is not that good, is it, but it seems to be popular :) 
REVIEW: KLEI gZero20 Interconnect
Williewonka, yes, I have found found that speaker setup/placement is very important and that millimeters can make a difference. I have found that some room treatment to treat 1st reflection from the speakers and a live end/dead end (speaker end) r... 
RCA Interconnects - Max Length
Between 5m and 10m depending on the drive on your pre-amp.