Unplugging / replugging Anti Cables Changes things


I recently had to move my Linn LK140 power amp sideway by 6 inches to make some room. I had to unplug my Anti Cables from the power amp.

When I replug my cables back to the amp, the previous sumptious and open sound of this beautiful cable were gone. Instead, it now sounded congested and somewhat masked.

After over 10 hours of playing, the openness of the previous sound came back a bit, but not fully. I have been playing the amp for well over 50 hrs now, the previous sumptuous open sound of the Anti Cables (when I had over 200 hrs of continuous playing unplugged) never fully returned.

Has anyone experience this strange phenomenon ?
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Funny one Plato. My audio imagination is not that great when something so obvious is happening.

Knownothing: I will try separating the Anti Cables speaker wire further away from other cables. The power cord is perpendicularly running (90 degree) running across the Anti Cables.
I used anticables in the past. I disconnected them and re-connected them and they never sounded the same again. I only moved them slightly when I disconnected them from the back of the speakers and amp. They never returned to their previous performance even after a substantial time to allow them to settle back in. I never could figure it out. I checked phasing, spade connections etc. You may have to buy another set, but that experience turned me off. One guy suggested to me that I had stressed the connection of the spades to the cable and that could be the problem. There may be something to this since the connection is not the sturdiest.
Foster_9: I am glad that you seemed to experience the same thing as I do. I have just moved my power cord further away from the unshield Anti Cables speaker wire and if they are close (at least 2 inches), they are perpendicularly (90 degree) running.

I will need more extended listening time to deduce whether this will get back to my previous performance of the broken-in (never unplugged) cable.

Could some one here let me know how far the Anti Cables Speaker and interconnects should be separated from other shielded cables including power cords to avoid RFI.
I foundnd anti-cables sounds congested when i reversed the cable direction after burn-in .
Much worst if only one channel reversed.
Very curious indeed...Over the weekend I got the Signature version (from a fellow Audiogoner-so burn in should not be in play)of my current M III amp which per several reviews was said to be a significant improvement. When I replaced the M III with the M III "Signature" it was not the major improvement I expected, and the bass was very wooly , boomy. The mids and highs, while very good, were no better than the standard unit. Since I am using anti-cables and of course had to disconnect and reconnect them to switch out the amps, this thread caught my eye. I have been playing for about 24 hours now with no change. I am about to switch back to the former amp and am very curious to see if things return to normal...