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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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audio2design
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Respected recording engineer who has published a lot of nonsense like that silly test at RF of cables with Kimber and tries to claim it applies to audio (showing technical ignorance), or his claims to have eliminated masking from loud sound ( I call bull), or to raise tinnitus inducement by 30db (bull). I love his rants on crosstalk in op amps which I don't dispute but claims the audio is triangle waves internally is not accurate, and at best implementation and op amp dependent. Convenient to invite the variable and huge crosstalk in the predominant at the time vinyl playback. My favorite though is probably claiming electronics can ameliorate room issues.

And proof of his claims ...



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nonoise
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So says you.

All one needs to do is consider the source.

All the best,
Nonoise


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audio2design
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It is not a matter of "So says you". Simple fact, that so many of his claims are wrong or unsubstantiated. He should stop his rants long enough to realize that AD is Analog Devices and still very much in business. BB and LTC were just purchased by larger competitors and the the sub is often better than the pieces.
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