Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

It seems like a real pain to go to all that trouble just to do 1000 units/year. QED sells probably 1000 units per week or more. If they have to burn in their cables to sell, they probably go out of business. Maybe that’s why nobody is doing it. You always managed to come up with fantastical ideas, that to be honest, anyone could come up with anything. To do it in the real world, it’s entirely different matter. And considering these boutique mom and pop cables makers come and Go as often as a call girl changing her panties, yeah, good luck with that.

I’ve heard that Crystal Cables offers cable burn in, but their cables cost like $7000 per pair which is justified. If your cables cost like $80 dollar per pair, yeah, that’s like a prescription for going out of business.

That NoNoise guy apparent opened his mouth before he knew what the hell he talking about.  

If I was making a thousand a week the cost to burn in would drop to <<$1.00 per cable.


This is the real world. Many products are burned in and they don’t just turn them on, they monitor them too, even inexpensive items. That is manufacturing and is done day in and day out and none goes out of business because of it. If some companies are doing it, they obviously feel there is marketing value in it. It would be a upper mid to high end feature sell, not a Blue Jeans cable sell, i.e. > $500. $80 cable vendors are normally not talking about burn in at all, nor are their customers.


There is nothing fantastic about this. It is done day in and day out.

Morrow offers this service for about $30 bucks for three days and then charges in $10 increments for extended lengths of time. The fee is the same if you buy one cable or a full loom. 

Many dealers offer these services as well. Not much here to argue about really.

@atdavid...just wanted to say that I have enjoyed reading your post. Welcome aboard.

Many dealers offer these services as well. Not much here to argue about really.

I am glad you agree with me. It proves nobody is doing it for free because it costs actual money. I doubt anyone who bought a pair of interconnect from Morrow that cost 80 dollars a pair would pay $30 for burn in, and to be honest, it probably makes no difference if it’s a 80 dollar interconnect. Now on the other hands, Morrow is selling a $5000 dollars interconnect, then sure $30 dollar of burn in fee is perfectly reasonable.

Imagine if you’re QED selling a pair of interconnect for $100 dollar per pair, $30 dollars of burn in cost will go real well I suppose :-)