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If cables can break-in, can they then wear-out?

The phenomenon of cable break-in (is it really dielectric break-in?) must be physical to the cable/dielectric/insulator/termination, therefore will extended use wear out the cable?
I do not mean metal wear from plugging in and removing, either. I am assuming permanent installation.

In my opinion it's as much our ears getting acquainted as it is break-in.
mcintech

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elizabeth
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OK!! I have had more than one speaker cable 'go bad'.
Monster (long ago in a galaxy far away) tarnish so bad they became a throw-away. AudioQuest Midnight cables the dielectric covering on the wires failed after 15 years or so. Stick with a teflon coated wire!!!!
I still use some home made Levinson wire cables I made nearly 25 years ago.
The culprit is the dielectric coating on the metal. Good coating equals: last for a really, really long time. Poor coating or one that will degrade equals: bad.
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