Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

I called Morrow today to see where the cables I ordered were after having to hold the order until I returned from a vacation (on their way it seems), and asked them what I should do if I like the pre burned in sound...in jest of course...they did say I was the first to ask that...they told me to listen only a few minutes a day and un-plug them after.

"they told me to listen only a few minutes a day and un-plug them after."

Wow! I just can't even imagine passing this off to a customer as advice. If they're unplugged after every use, won't all the snake oil leak out? 

jerry, hopefully they came to their senses before waving the dead chicken.  Salmonella is such a risk these days.

rdwv: maybe in your time you ran into Bill Kenney who wrote this:http://www.tempoelectric.com/Wire_and_Cable_Facts.pdf

One can reasonably extract from his findings that what connectors and RCA jacks can do a signal can do the exact same thing to wires once differences are introduced (different metallurgy, alloys, coatings, dielectrics, etc.)

I find it funny that those who adhere to strict measurements always discount the smaller differences in measurements or who cite even smaller, extraneous phenomena as the reason. It's a great fallback position.

I've always trusted my ears, even when I hear a difference. I've never had the occasion to doubt my senses until coming upon sites like this, only to realize that fundamentalists exist in all manner of discipline, and to treat them with caution, like I do with all the other disciplines. 

All the best,
Nonoise

@rldwv   WOW!  You already have me moving to a retirement home! :)

As a FYI, I plan on taking my Dynaudio Contour 20's to the retirement home, I just hope they don't mind the JL subwoofer. :)

I could not agree more with your comment:

All us doubters are saying is "prove it". I don’t know how else you can prove it without a measurement. Most engineers embrace the adage "In God We Trust, all others bring data".

azbrd

@geoffkait

Please explain to us minions how a particle of light, a photon, can be transferred over copper (or silver for that matter)??

>>>>I guess you would have to know that everything that’s in the electromagnetic spectrum, including visible light, which is actually an extremely small portion, is comprised of photons. It’s pretty obvious visible light cannot travel through most solid materials except transparent ones like water, polycarbonate, glass and clear plastic. The electrical signal and the audio signal, are also in the electromagnetic spectrum, but can travel through copper or silver. I bet you thought the signal was electrons, right?