Interconnects Roller Coaster Ride

Kisawyer, I have never heard a wire or a component, that does go through some breakin. I presently have the High Fidelity CT-1Es cables that are into their second month and still showing improvements on occasion. These cables don't show the roll-a-coaster pattern you describe, but I have often heard it with other things. Mostly, these seem to be twenty-four hours phenomena as the day after sounding great, they sound awful. In addition I find that cables just don't like to be moved at all. This makes comparing cables very time consuming and difficult. Normally, I do a/b/a comparisons with the last b versus a compromising both cables equally, Of course a may be fully broken in.

While your feeling better one day or the electricity being better one day are conceivable, I don't find those hypotheses very credible as the comparison usually hold on later days when I redo the comparison.

I just wanted to weigh in as I think this is pretty characteristic of cables.

Zd542, sorry my omission of "does not" sure ruined what I was trying to say.

Mapman, I cannot imagine how anyone can say confidently that it is not the wires. But I know how fruitless this argument is.

Kisawyer, Radio Shack has inexpensive digital meters that will allow you to monitor your line voltage.

But the real question is how has your sound been since you first posted. If I am right, it would be getting better. If you find it varies by the time of day or continues to get worse, our hypotheses need to change.