What do you use to burn in cables???

Just music. If have learned that some cables can sound worse with a burner. My Pure Notes, Siltechs, and even my old Valhallas took forever to come back after use with the AudioDharama cooker. And less than 24 hours cooking. I think Bob Crump and Steve Nugent will back me up on this one.

To improve those cable; now that will take a miracle!

Corona, miracles do happen sometimes and if you can overlook the shortcomings of the Valhalla they do some things that are just amazing.....Back to the subject I like the out of print MOBIE for interconnects and a couple 8 ohm 225w load resistors on an extra amp for speaker wires.....

I have used the MOBIE, (I have always liked that name) I know the designer. Some of the basic ideas for the Cable Cooker are mine, like the larger power supply. Using it requires some experimentation because the break-in time will very with cable design. I would like to see the Cable Cooker incorperate a design with a variable load but that would drive up the price.

I named the MOBIE after one of my favorite bad movies, Maximum Overdrive....I called it the Maximum Overdrive Break In Engine or MOBIE and Tony used the name. I still have the prototype in the other room as I commissioned Tony to build it for me....Break-in seems to be much more voltage driven than current driven so not a good idea to stray too far from the load impedance it will see in use. This means that the 100 ohm load presented by the Cable Cooker is too low for interconnects, hence the propensity to "overcook" them and it is too high for speaker wire and it "undercooks" them...10,000 ohms is correct for interconnects and 8 ohms would be about right for speaker wire. I too have mentioned variable impedance to Alan, but it hasn't been incorporated into the design and not sure the unit will drive an 8 ohm load which would likely entail a complete redesign of the output stage....It would likely be easier to make two units, one for interconnects and the other for speaker wire, than try to make one that does everything......