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Cable Break-in....again?

I recently purchased a used set of cables. According to the prior owner, the cables had been given roughly 120 hours of play time (the required break-in time according to the manufacturer). However, it seems that once I install the cables in my system, I can hear them break-in again, as if they were new.

Do you think that once a cable (either speaker or interconnect) has been disconnected for a period of time, they require another break-in period?
louisl
tvad
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Ray, it would have been interesting to have heard his reaction after a few days if you had given him back his newly purchased cables while telling him they were your old ones.

BTW, I lean toward the camp that believes in cable break/burn-in, however I also believe a portion of the effect can be attributed to the user getting used to the sound of the new wire over time.
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raytheprinter
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Tvad,I never had his new cable,,i should have wrote(SAME BRAND AND MODEL) sorry, I do agree that a portion of the effect is getting used to the sound of a new wire.Yer right i could have had a little fun with him!!
tvad
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Ray, I wasn't actually recommending you swap cords as a yuck. It'd have been like a blind test...an interesting experiment in the effects of positive suggestion.
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raytheprinter
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Tvad ,sorry,i was a bit slow catching your first post,wish i would have thought of that
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raytheprinter
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I bought a pr of AQ King Cobras brand new a while back,,they sounded much better after a couple weeks,,about a month later i bought another brand new pr.and they did not sound good,so i changed them back and forth a few times and could def. tell the diff. between the new one and old one,,
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