Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

The quote is not mine, it’s Feynman’s. That’s why it’s in uh, quotes. Why would I say I won the Nobel prize? Obviously you have difficulty following technical arguments. These demands for proof of yours serve no purpose, especially given your inability to follow relatively simple technical arguments. This conversation can serve no purpose any more. ta, ta

Has anyone considered the possibility that a person gets accustomed to the sound of a new component or new cables after listening for 200 hours, then decides that they like it? That IS human nature after all.(sorry if this has already been said - I don't have time to read ALL the posts but the first 20-30 were unanimous in favor of the burn-in effect.)

@geoffkait 

Many of us are engineers on this forum, you make statements of FACT but provide NO proof.  As rldwv wrote:

All us doubters are saying is "prove it". I don’t know how else you can prove it without a measurement. Most engineers embrace the addage "In God We Trust, all others bring data".

In typical geoffkait fashion you give up when it comes to proving what your claims.  You provide NO technical arguments you just make undocumented/proven claims and give up when challenged for proof of your pseudoscience.

Many of us are engineers? But not you, one assumes. Just going by what you say, no offense. You haven’t made any technical argument. Plus any real engineer, especially one experienced in this sort of discussion, would have certainly recognized Feynman’s famous quote. You brought a knife to a gun fight.

If you don’t actually HAVE a counter argument then maybe it’s time to pack your bags and head back to AudioKarma. You have to explaining to do. You know, like things over on A-Gon are a lot tougher than you guys thought. 😬

“Shut the cave door and back to pigmy country!” 🦍

Perhaps listen to your cables when they are new (no burn in). Have a friend take your cables for a week or so. Tell him to burn the cables in or do nothing, but don't reveal it to you. Listen to the cables again for the obvious difference in sound and confirm your findings with him. Then feel good that at least this audio myth didn't cost you any money.