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Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good?

I recently bought a new power cord but there isn’t much difference in sound quality between this new cord and the previous Wireworld Elektra 7 which it replaces. The cords are used on the DAC.

Any ideas if the cord needs to burn in to open up and sound better? It currently has about 5 hours on it and I think I prefer the sound quality of the previous cord which costs 10 times cheaper.

Any thoughts appreciated.
ryder
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jafant
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ryder

what is the current Power Cord in comparison to the WW Electra 7?
Yes, a new cord requires 200 hours of break/burn-in, unless done so at the factory.

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ryder OP
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Jafant, it's an Acrolink Mexcel 8N-PC8100 Performante. Thanks for all responses though I didn't expect the animosity displayed on this thread. Anyway for closure just to update that I'll be keeping the cord after all as the sound has improved approaching 50 hours and it's now sounding a lot better. It really sounded quite horrible out of the box (below 5 hours).

*duck and cover

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So it’s over...I’m satisfied, ‘Trumped’ up a little voting humour threw in a little opinion, snake oil based...voilà. Posts were Pulled mine included, tempers flared we had fun.
People still hear what they want, spend what they can nothings changed. 
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ryder

Thank You for the update. The Acrolink will become better with more hours. I am familiar with the WW Silver Electra 7. A very fine Power Cord indeed. 
I would think that the Acrolink is better than a standard WW Electra7 ?

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