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Hey, why do WE have to break-in cables???

With the prices the cable manufacturers charge for some cables, why don't they break em in? Especially the ones that need mega hours. Why leave it to us to listen through the frequently nasty experience of the break-in process. And while we're at it how about pre-amps and amplifiers? Especially the $6,000-$10,000+++ models. For that kind of dough you'd think they could give us a break ;<) and do some of the break-in for us. All the discussion about break-in and it dawned on me, why do WE have to do it? We should get PO'd!
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eddykaled685
27 posts
 
You have to break-in all audio equipment. I consider cables to be a "component." Even if the cables are "pre-broke" once they are coiled-up and shipped, they need to broken-in to some degree. I can see Nordost charging a $500 fee to break-in a Valhalla pair to add to the price. :)
clay2him
1 posts
 
I agree with C5150. As a dedicated tweeker I wouldn't buy any piece of gear unless I could burn it in. Heaven forbid I would have to listen to a full genre spread of vinyl over a two month period to hear any noticible difference. And then I might have to buy new tubes and burn those in! Oh noooooo...

Party on.
inpepinnovations1e75
395 posts
 
Eddykali, if every piece of equipment has to be broken in, would that apply to vinyl discs? How many times do I have to play my vinyl before the vinyl groves are broken in?
There is probably more truth to vinyl being broken in than cables, but nobody talks about breaking in discs. Also, wouldn't that apply to CDs themselves. Not any more farfetched than breaking in cables!
Salut, Bob P.
stevecham
3,298 posts
 
You don't. It's your nervous system that gets broken in.
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