Jayh, what you read is correct.... Like most wires, Shunyata cables require break-in. What you hear now is unrelated to their real performance. You will experience inevitable fluctuating anomalies until the cables stabilize ang yield their full high capabilities... at about 150 hours, you will start to hear some nice sound. My own experience with their Z-tron Anaconda siblings suggest about 300 hours, but other audiophile report that Z-tron wires may continue to sweeten for about 450 hours... Be Patient, and try to feed them a signal 24/7.... You may try to use an FM tuner on interstation FM hash whenever you are not listening to music.
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