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Burn in time for Virtual Dynamics Cables

Hi,
I just received a Power 3 power cord and Audition interconnects for my CD player. After doing some research and talking to lots of people, this seemed like a good first step in bringing my system into balance ... I've been suffering from a somewhat bright tonal balance and some hardness/glare in the upper mids/low trebble.

So far, after about 40 hours of playing, I'm hearing some improvement. A slight smoothing out of the mids and trebble, and some more weight to the bass. The difference is by no means dramatic, though. I'm wondering how much more improvement I might expect, and how long it should take to show up. If it's a long time, I may have to ask the folks at VD to extend my audition period.

Rick at VD is ultimately suggesting that I do my whole system with Audition cable and that this will make all my dreams come true. This initial test is really just to wet my appetite for what's possible. How big a difference do you think the speaker cables would make? My current cables are a wildcard ... they might be terrible, but i have no way of comparing to anything at the moment.

Here's my system:
Rega Planet 2000, with VD power 3 cord and audition ICs
Unison Unico hybrid integrated, stock power cord
Triangle Zerius speakers (about 400 hours of break in)
20 feet of Audioquest GR8 speaker wire

Thank you for any input!
Paul
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tok20000
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300+ hours for VD cables to burn in.

Speaker cables make a huge difference, and VD speaker cables will improve your system sonics buy a large margin (especially if you can shorten that run, 20' is pretty lengthy).

KF
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lak
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I know an entire system (speaker cables, interconnects and power cords etc) will dramatically improve your system. I think Rick at VD will offer a 30 day money back guarantee which is hard to beat. For an entire system as Tok20000 suggests it will probably take at least 300 hours to burn in. In my opinion Rick ought to use his cable burner on everything he sells to make it easier on the purchaser.
paulraphael OP
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has anyone made a deal with rick to get lower end cables pre-burned?
buckingham
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Paul, I think Rick will burn in the cables for a small fee but your cables will still require burn in after installation into your system, especially if cryo'd. I highly recommend upgrading your speaker cables as this is probably what is causing most of your 'brightness' issues. I found I had the same problem when using the Nite/Reference cables in my system with a cheaper pre-power interconnect. After installing a Reference Interconnect from VD the brightness issue went away. I started buying from Virtual last year and now have my system cabled with the Reference and Nite series. I now feel that I am done with cables and when my friends talk about cables I can just block it out :)
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