Cable Burn-In Question Interconnect & Speaker

Hi Oak3x - obviously Riffer is just trying to be helpful in his OWN way - otherwise why would he bother to comment???? We offer free cable burn in service with the purchase of any new cables, which helps out the guys with long runs and/or tube gear immensely. We generally run about 36-40 hours on i/c and speaker cables, which gets the cables reasonably close. Phono cables need to have much shorter time and only be done on the Nordost cooker. We have found that you can "overcook" cables by leaving them on the burn in machine for too long. This results in very edgy, brittle, harsh upper mids/highs, but this CAN be corrected in a couple of different ways that I won't get into here. For myself, I use the burn in machines for the 40 hours then put the cables in my system and run music ( Yes -real, actual music) for the remaining time and that seems to get the job done. I hope this HAS been helpful - John

Hey Dave, I'm amazed my post even got through the approval :)

Cable burn-in is a touchy subject, so it is best not to state it as a "Known fact". I would probably rephrase it in a more neutral manner.

That being said, if I believed in cable burn-in, I wouldn't pay a dime for the cable manufacturer to burn them in. I would think that, if they felt it makes the cable sound better, they would burn-in their cables as a matter of course. Some manufacturers do.

Dave

I just burned mine in on my system playing music.

Chuck

With the known fact that Audio Cables (Interconnect & Speaker) benefit greatly from the Burn-In process

The vast majority of electrical engineers and scientists would dispute this statement. There is no process that has been documented that would explain it satisfactorily.

"There is no process that has been documented that would explain it satisfactorily".

Not sure that's a reason to denounce something.

As for "Science", well we know a whole lot less than we think we do. Just because "scientists" dispute something- or support it- doesn't mean it's absolute. Remember Eugenics? Pre-Frontal Lobotomy? Thallidomide (sp)? Martian Canals? Malaria Theories? Celebrex? Silicone Implants? Asbestos? Lead Paint? I'd keep going but I don't have all night :)

As for Electrical Engineers- my Brother AND Sister in-law are both Electrical engineers, and they both tell me in detail why Zenith TV's are the best. So, there goes their credibility :)

There's a fine line between belief and knowledge.

BTW- I've heard burn in take place in my own system, so count me among the heretics.