Do Interconnects need to "warm up"?

Wolf_garcia, Spacial Coherence tried to do this with their linestage which took a very long time to settle down. It didn't work.

I would not use the phase, warm up, but when you disconnect cables or move them around, they definitely require some time, perhaps an hour to settle down. This really means that you need to A-B-A comparisons for cables to assure that cable A isn't advantaged. Or do long term A-B comparisons.

It is good to know it takes a while for my cables to settle down once I disconnect them. Not sure why...but it's good.

Audiophilia is a religion. As with all religions, it is based on faith.

No they do not it must be something in your gear tubes maybe?

Blkadr (Black Adder perhaps) brings up a point which I reject, at least in part. Audiophilia is terminology used to explain those of us who care ALOT about our HiFi systems and their capabilities to re-create musical events well enough for us to suspend belief. We experiment and choose what we find works best, without being overly biased as to any particular pursuits predilection for failure. In other words, the proof is in the puddin' my dear fellows. Those on the other side of the coin, who have pre-determinations already formed as to the efficacy of any particular avenue of audio enhancement, are the blindly religious zealots. We audiophiles are not necessarily religious.....just passionate for the advancement of the auditory arts!