For Your Edification and Enjoyment re "Burn In", etc.

Are you the guy who sent me beta test cables (Vantage Audio/UK) years ago that smelled so strongly of tobacco smoke that I had to store them in one of our unused cars until I could properly deodorize them?

They were shipped from Illinois (maybe Chicago).

DeKay

DeKay, nope, not me. I don’t smoke, have never touched a Vantage Audio product, and have nothing to do with beta products and the public. :)
Seems an awful experience!

OK:

Good to know when I read your future posts as this has always been in the back of my mind when reading your past ones.

I do smoke tobacco in moderation (always outdoors) and the cables left a really bad smell in my memory.

DeKay

Perhaps a case of mistaken identity.  I do not know the man, but several times have been mistaken for Doug Schneider,  who is also a reviewer.  Not sure of pertinency to your situation.  

Link Ray.  

https://www.dagogo.com/audiophile-law-burn-test-redux/