Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

That’s what I like to call the Backfire Effect. It can work both ways but usually occurs with skeptics who have pretty much made up their minds on a particular subject but who may create arguments that make it seem like they have an open mind. The Backfire Effect occurs when a skeptic is faced with contradictory evidence, perhaps even a barrage of contradictions. Rather than weight the evidence the skeptic holds his beliefs even more strongly. Plus they’d rather fight than switch. 🤼‍♂️

glubson, yes, you would be interested in blah, blah but I don’t see you rolling your sleeves up yourself. Oh, I almost forgot. You’re a member in good standing of the peanut gallery. You may continue pontificating.

"What is a robust test?

Robustness testing has also been used to describe the process of verifying the robustness (i.e. correctness) of test cases in a test process. ANSI and IEEE have defined robustness as the degree to which a system or component can function correctly in the presence of invalid inputs or stressful environmental conditions. "

Which produces....

"Robust statistics are statistics with good performance for data drawn from a wide range of probability distributions, especially for distributions that are not normal. Robust statistical methods have been developed for many common problems, such as estimating location, scale, and regression parameters."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

again, please  - someone - anyone - please provide some fact-based explanation as to why speaker cables may require breaking in.  I will keep an open mind, but I am unaware of why this would make any difference, or any factual attempt to measure such a difference.

Unless and until any plausible explanation is presented, I've got to call BS.  Please prove otherwise or at least suggest a theory?

I think it is more likely one perceives a difference rather than if one really exists with speaker cables.