Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period?

Certainly it's Paul Speltz's contention that the think dielectric of his cable means much less break in required.

Tgrisham sez:

"With my Von Schweikert VR-4JRs, I use the Speltz anti-cables. I have tried twisted and untwisted and found the bass more defined and quicker using untwisted."

This would seem to jibe with the recommendation for twisting to achieve max bass response, but apparently with your speakers, in your room, the other is preferrable for your tastes. At least it's nice to have the choice. I still wonder about the guys who posted before who found the Anti-Cables too weak in the bass, but I believe the Speltz website makes this topic pretty clear.

Of course, using cables that roll off the treble as a reference (something I believe many 'garden hose' and/or networked cables do) will make a cable that doesn't do this sound less bassy by comparison. (And the opposite effect could possibly have something to do with why Tgrisham finds the extreme treble "more natural" with the cables untwisted, although that description doesn't tell us in what way the HF sounds less natural when the cables are twisted.)

I agree with Tgrisham and Tvad on the point about 'break-in' and dielectric; the use of the relatively sparse dielectric seems like it should be a mitigating -- not exacerbating -- factor in this area.

it makes sense to me that a conductor needs hours of signal before it sounds its best.

the 300 to 500 hours of signal required for break in is based upon the experience of another person who owns the interconnect and speaker cable.

paul speltz will tell you his cables sound somewhat "edgy" when they have no hours on them. he will suggest that they need break in. perhaps you can ask him for an explanation.

11-06-06: Mrtennis
it makes sense to me that a conductor needs hours of signal before it
sounds its best.

paul speltz will tell you his cables sound somewhat "edgy"
when they have no hours on them. he will suggest that they need break
in. perhaps you can ask him for an explanation.

I understand the cables may require several hundred hours of break-in
when new.

However, the point you made on 11/05 was that the cables required
additional break-in beyond the 300-500 mark, after the cables had
been moved from their original position. This is what makes no sense to
me, and this was not addressed in your reply today.

i have personally experienced a change in sound when i removed the anti cable interconnect from a link between digital source and preamp and connected it to another preamp and cd player. the cable has a minimal dielectric and needs additional hours given the new link. no dielectric= no memory, figuratively speaking.

this is also true of the chimera cables. i suggest you speak to dennis doyle of chimera cable to get a more technical explanation.