Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

Interesting read.  It has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion, other than to point out that you need to make sure your connections are as tight as you can get them and don't use aluminum (which starts oxidizing very quickly).  Talking about phase shift without specifying the frequencies used is useless, and in this case, apocryphal. 

But I will guarantee you that the phenomena I mentioned are FAR more measurable than what your are talking about.

That being said, trust your ears and enjoy your cables. 

It has everything to do with this discussion as the author pointed out that what he tested operates in the 1Hz to 1Khz range (lots of overlap with audio, wouldn't one say?). Not that doubtful at all......

And thanks, I do trust my ears and cables as everyone should. 👍

All the best,
Nonoise

Wolf and azbrd, don't take it as a slight - none of us are getting any younger, but we still know what we want to hear (and I'll still help you smuggle in your subwoofer).  All I was trying to say there is that we're talking about (in some cases) double digit hearing loss over time.  I've been to many, many concerts, and replayed many more a thousand times in my HT at high volume.  The fact that I can hear at all makes me think I should donate my ears to science.  The "perceived" difference between directional-burned-in cables and those virgin, haphazardly laid and environmentally coddled cables cannot be in the 1% range, or they'd stand out in measurement like a sore thumb.  Any less, and that's a lot to expect of the Mark 1 Mod 0 eardrum.  

Aluminum connectors? O-K, never heard of em but there’s a first time for everything, I guess.

it's copper, physics of copper doesn't change with the small current that runs through cables. It's your ears, your brain, that gets tailored to the sound...Pure BS! And a 3-foot piece of copper or silver isn't going to provide better current to your equipment either...That is just ridiculous to think one foot of anything at the end of a 100 foot run of romax is going to improve your electic supply somehow...but spend away..