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Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period.

Almost all the audio equipment including speaker need burn in time.

But I had bad experience with one digital cable recently.

Some people blew the horn on it and claimed burn in time more than 100 hours.

Out of box it had lot of details but etched.

After 8 weeks (around 200 hours) it got little bit better but its overall performance is not better than other digital cable that I have had.

Now it is too late to return it.

Beware of any cable claiming more than 50 hours of burn in time.

The chance is high that you will waste your time and money.
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jl35
2,244 posts
 
when I bought my Black Cat Silver Star it came with a 60 day return period...seems quire reasonable
aniwolfe
544 posts
 
It's interesting when people say.."maybe you get use to the sound of a bright etchy component?". However I can never get used to a BRIGHT recording!
jdub071
48 posts
 
I think in 300 hours of burn-in what happens is your head burns in--if you want to get scientific about it one would need a double blind test--check out audioholics on youtube. A signal is a signal!
ebm
5,165 posts
 
Why should you beware of cables with long burn as this has no correlation with the sound of the cables.It also has nothing to do with the quality of the cables.
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twoleftears
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If manufacturers stand behind their claims that their cables sound better after significant burn-in, then they should, as standard practice, offer those products fully burnt-in, not as some optional, add-on, and always more costly extra.  Who else brings a product to market that's only 90% there?  (On second thoughts, don't answer that...)
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