Duleland break in time

My experience with speaker cables has been to expect the biggest break-in steps in the first week or so. You can speed things up with a test track CD played on repeat every so often. It all depends on how much you play music and how impatient you are, which is why I use the test CD several times and then assess. 

All the best,
Nonoise

Did you twist the runs of cable? Important....
No more than 100 hours is needed to pretty much know the end sound. Break will never go from very poor to the best I ever heard to be frank. System synergy and personal preference are very important considerations here.  Nordost is very different sounding vs Duelund. Nordost has more energy in the presence area and less midrange bloom. Very different sounding cables.

I tried Duelund interconnects. At first they were...well...underwhelming to me. I decided to let them break in for about a month just to be sure. At first it was a little discouraging because the character didn't change at all for the first 2 weeks. A closed-in sound. Not much air or detail throughout the spectrum...actually a sort of warmish, slightly colored or 'honeyed' sound - like a "vintage" sound, but in the worst way here. 

But like I say, this sound signature in my setup anyway, wouldn't budge off of dead center for at least 2 weeks. On day 15 or 16, I began to to notice what I **thought** might be the beginning of a change, but wasn't yet convinced. Over the next 3 days though, things started to improve dramatically. By day 21 they had fully come out of their shell and they have proven to me their merit in spades. They, in my setup, are neutral, transparent, detailed with great imaging and soundstage. They are keepers for me. Might be tough for me to find anything else this good for near the price. 

Good luck!

+1 Garnnyring!
I really like my  Dulelund 12 and 16 gauge tinned copper wire speaker cables, twisted and following Grannyring's recipe. Break-in is required.

Granny, where can I find your site?