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cable burn-in / system burn-in

So many of us just take what we hear as being the gospel truth about equipment. I know I do, a lot of the time, because there is just to much work and cost to prove it. I have to finally agree with the burn-in effect. After several years, and multiple equipment changes, I can say, with out a doubt, equipment and cable burn in makes a very large impact on the sound. I just started my system again after being down for a few months. It has taken about 40hrs of play time before it has started to sound good again. I have a cd that I always play to hear the effect, which I am very familiar with. So it is kind of scientific, and not just arbitrary. So there you have it...
johnhelenjake
dopogue
1,767 posts
 
Gee, Dan, all my audiobuddies must be deaf. And I thought some of them had bat ears.
istanbulu
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Dopogue...

I couldn't agree more...

I don't know about you, but personally, I Fryclean my neural implants every ninety days or so depending on how much my settings are on "listen" vs "send."

Overal aural sensitivity has a gain of +/- 3db depending upon whether I'm wearing my Panama or...speaking of caps... my Giants cap...

Net-net in other areas a Fryclean of my neural implants and networks routinely decreases my tennis doubles reaction time, and as for conversational wittiness and general repartee, well, that goes without saying...

:) happy listening... er sending?

Ed

btw, cable burn-in is essential and my Frycleaner is a big help in the process.

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istanbulu
291 posts
 
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er... make that

:) burn-in,

Ed

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foster_9
1,610 posts
 
I concur with what you've experienced Johnhelenjake. I just put my system together with speakers that had been shipped but were broken in and an amp that had been shipped for service, cables laying unconnected and dormant. No system up and running for over a month. Since I put the system together it has taken 10 days for the following:
1, the thinness and leanness to go away
2. the midbass and weight in the low bass to fill in (heft)
3. centerfill to come in to play

Johnhelenjake, Usblues implies that this could all simply be in "your mind," a sort of "psychoacoustic phenomenon." I'm here to testify that in all my systems I have witnessed "break in" and "settling-in" of cables, components and systems. One of the key areas that is palpable and cannot be dismissed as psychological or "one's ears breaking in" is in the bass and the way it can strengthen in your room. When I listen to the same discs that were previously anemic and lean at any volume become full and weighty with bass 10 days later, then I know the change I hear is very real. Going from weak bass to strong bass, and from lean and anemic sound to full and weighty is definitely missed when it's not there and easy to hear and feel when it is, especially when you know the discs and music so well. Whether the equipment or cables are settling in after moving things around or break-in/ burn-in with new gear, changes are occurring in the system that affect the sound coming out of your speakers.
dan_ed
2,451 posts
 
No, Dave, you guys just have different systems, goals, preferences, etc. I have tried side-by-side comparisons with the two of the same cable, one cooked, one not. The uncooked always sounded better to me once they had settled in on their own. I do think that even cooked cables settle in after a while, perhaps adjusting to the difference in voltage/current between the cooker and system components.
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