Power Cable Break In - Such a Change!

Most power cords I've had in my system burned in within a week. I remember one specific PC, a Nordost Frey 2. I borrowed one from my dealer to audition and it was long ago burned in, so when I put it in my system, it took probably less than a day to reach optimum sound; I asked my dealer if I could just keep it and pay him and he agreed. I discovered that week that it was a "demo" cable and so I asked my dealer to get me a new one. I put the new one in my system and it sounded horrible. But after four days it opened up and sounded like the "demo" cable. I really wish there were no burnin required, but I can honestly say that with every component or wire change, there was some amount of burnin before the item reached best sound quality.

Except for the usual naysayers @ozzy, I'm enjoying your thread.

@ozzy

Thanks for your comments. As you say, in your system. I am buying a Hurricane… it seems to perfectly balance the warmth and detail. I’ll see if my dealer wants to get a Dragon for me to try… we are friends, I am sure he will. I’ll give it a try… I’m betting on my intuition on this… but I always try to verify… somethimes I’m right, sometimes not. We will see.

ozzy

Thank You for the follow up. How did the SR Galileo arrive in your system?

Were you thinking about an all-loom of SR ?

Happy Listening!

jafant,

I did start out with the intent of using all SR power cords. Until I read that my AudioQuest Niagara 7000 power conditioner works best with their power cords. So, I first started with the Hurricane and liked what I heard and moved on to the Dragon. Now I am trying to assemble an all Dragon set up. The SR Galileo SX is a very awesome power cord.

ozzy

pokey77,

Thank you, you my friend have actually experienced the phenomenon of cable break in. With some cables this change is extreme.

Many that deny it have never really experienced it they are just stating their opinion. Which is the same that I held many years back until a dealer offered me to try a Synergistic Research Master Coupler. When I first tried it, I couldn't believe it. This cable did indeed provide better bass etc. But how can that be? It's just a cable made of wire. That started me down the road as to not forming an opinion especially on audio components until you try it.

It is strange but it clearly occurs. Even used cable needs some time to resettle to sound its best. 

ozzy