@oldhvymech
You really do need a a soundproof supply room to break a lot of this stuff in, speakers to caps.
I'm speculating early on in my research on cables so far, without a complete understanding, so FWIW: I do think there is something to your ears becoming accustomed to a new component, so breaking them in; but I also think there is something to breaking something in like a speaker cable, from a physics stand point, and that could be something as simple as the cabling's jacket shrinking from mild heat and off gassing, changing the relationship of the conductors distance from one and other.
I do not think, at this point, that the physical nature of the conductor changes after manufacturing changes, unless something like cryotreatment is applied, or the wires are annealed after the drawing of them, tempered or surface smoothing, or a combination of those, to make a superior cable.
Caps? Yep, physical and chemical relationships are being ingrained in the parts memory, bringing out it's full character.
Inductors? See wire finishing.
I'm self taught, so don't have anything to relate from others who I've learned from except what I learn from my testing, and other people affecting those judgments by my studying their designs.
A cheep tip. Not on XO's but…
Want better results from standard SxS speaker cable? Mesure out length you need, adding a couple of feet. Place one end in a vice, one the other attach to an VS electric drill. Slowly twist the wire under tension till you get 6 twists for every foot, then anchor the drill with a weight. Set the twist with a high powered hair dryer, careful not to melt the wire, let cool.
If it didn't keep the twists, it wasn’t heated enough, or you have a high temp jacket, and so have to add twists in the beginning knowing that the cable will relax.
Now you have much better speaker wire.
You really do need a a soundproof supply room to break a lot of this stuff in, speakers to caps.
I'm speculating early on in my research on cables so far, without a complete understanding, so FWIW: I do think there is something to your ears becoming accustomed to a new component, so breaking them in; but I also think there is something to breaking something in like a speaker cable, from a physics stand point, and that could be something as simple as the cabling's jacket shrinking from mild heat and off gassing, changing the relationship of the conductors distance from one and other.
I do not think, at this point, that the physical nature of the conductor changes after manufacturing changes, unless something like cryotreatment is applied, or the wires are annealed after the drawing of them, tempered or surface smoothing, or a combination of those, to make a superior cable.
Caps? Yep, physical and chemical relationships are being ingrained in the parts memory, bringing out it's full character.
Inductors? See wire finishing.
I'm self taught, so don't have anything to relate from others who I've learned from except what I learn from my testing, and other people affecting those judgments by my studying their designs.
A cheep tip. Not on XO's but…
Want better results from standard SxS speaker cable? Mesure out length you need, adding a couple of feet. Place one end in a vice, one the other attach to an VS electric drill. Slowly twist the wire under tension till you get 6 twists for every foot, then anchor the drill with a weight. Set the twist with a high powered hair dryer, careful not to melt the wire, let cool.
If it didn't keep the twists, it wasn’t heated enough, or you have a high temp jacket, and so have to add twists in the beginning knowing that the cable will relax.
Now you have much better speaker wire.