Interconnects and non-believers

mbishop63

One thing I've found about interconnect cables is you have to be patient through the "break in period". The improvement in sound quality won't be instantaneous but rather a gradual change. Maybe cable manufacturers could find a way to precondition their products before shipping.

Well, if you believe cables need to "break in," have I got a product for you!

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“One thing I’ve found about interconnect cables is you have to be patient through the ‘break in period’l.

I hear the same logic from used car salesman: “the car isn’t running as well as it should? Hey dude, c’mon, give it some time to break in!!!”

"" Might the "Break-in" effect be in ones head? ;-) ""?Sure, for some folks it may be. I am not all people. I cannot actually say it is for anyone. But for the sake of this discussion, I would bet for at least a few folks, yeah, in their head.
But having had plenty of experience if returning stuff which never got any better, vs stuff that delightfully improved..I would say that 'in MY head' is not the case.Naturally for folks whose dogma precludes cables sounding different, they would dismiss my comment out of hand, as It does not fit their notions.

GroverHuffman cables require a break-in period of no less than 15 hours. He won’t audition a design until it is broken-in. I usually cook them for over a day prior to listening to them (listening to his unbroken-in cables one tends to hear dynamically and frequency constricted sound, often bright). Speakers need breaking in, capacitors need breaking-in, cartridges need breaking-in, who doesn’t believe that? So do other components mechanical and electrical.

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unreceivedogma

Bleeds, nice try, but you and so many cable cultists and marketers here conflate ...

You are either badly confused, or otherwise just being argumentative. I'm neither a "cultist" nor a marketer.

You've already stated that it isn't whether there's a difference in cables - we've already shown that there is - but:

The point is: is it worth $12K?

You've made it clear you don't think premium priced cables are worth the cost, and that's a perfectly valid personal opinion. So you've made your point.  Or ... is there an agenda that you're still rather surreptitiously pursuing here??