@nonoise
I don't know. He might be. Again...the company he left does not see it necessary to make any such claims. That an engineer who left Belden makes claims about burn-in doesn't mean it's true.
Has he offered anything other than anecdote or opinion on the subject? Like, showing measurable differences between his cables when new vs burned in?
@blueranger
Yes there are many such anecdotes from audiophiles. But I'm left wondering: what in the world do you think is actually *happening* to the cables to "ruin" the sound in your scenario? What could the technical explanation possibly be?
@butch01
But our perception changes too. Many of us have commiserated on how our systems can seem uninvolving or flat one day, but fantastic the next day. The fact is our perception is very elastic and subject to all sorts of factors, from mood, state of mind, our expectations, what we are concentrating on at the time when listening, etc. Your journal may well have simply detailed changes in your own mind, not the wire. The problem is with these anecdotes, these variables are left tangled.
Is this "engineer" who used to work for a cable company who all naysayers say is good enough for audiophiles and who appears to make little on his cables wrong?
I don't know. He might be. Again...the company he left does not see it necessary to make any such claims. That an engineer who left Belden makes claims about burn-in doesn't mean it's true.
Has he offered anything other than anecdote or opinion on the subject? Like, showing measurable differences between his cables when new vs burned in?
@blueranger
I have a Duotech cable burner that has a setting for interconnects and speaker wire. Earlier this year I was burning in some new interconnects and after 2 days had realized I had used the speaker wire setting. I hooked them up to my stereo and they sounded horrible. No dimension and flat sounding. I knew they would settle back in like the exact other models in my system and they did. What's the point is that cable burn in does change the sound. I had some silver cables that sounded strident and I finally just burned them a week. When I plugged them in they sounded much better.
Yes there are many such anecdotes from audiophiles. But I'm left wondering: what in the world do you think is actually *happening* to the cables to "ruin" the sound in your scenario? What could the technical explanation possibly be?
@butch01
I listened to at least 15 minutes of that CD and 45 minutes to 2hrs of others, every day. I kept a daily journal. The change was not to be denied!
But our perception changes too. Many of us have commiserated on how our systems can seem uninvolving or flat one day, but fantastic the next day. The fact is our perception is very elastic and subject to all sorts of factors, from mood, state of mind, our expectations, what we are concentrating on at the time when listening, etc. Your journal may well have simply detailed changes in your own mind, not the wire. The problem is with these anecdotes, these variables are left tangled.
