Do speaker cables need a burn in period?

Discrete components like Resistors, Capacitors and Semiconductors definitely need burn in. And Burn-in in the electronics industry is done to isolate and identify failures, as most defective components will fail within the first 24 hours. However Copper does not! Copper is a natural element, and it’s physical and electronic characteristics don’t change, simply because you pass current through it. All speaker cables do is move electrons from one atom to another when there is a difference of potential (voltage) applied. There is NOTHING to burn in, PERIOD! BTW, I have an education in Electronics and 40 years in the Audio Industry. This false theory is nothing more than Marketing Mumbo Jumbo created by Dishonorable people to sell crap  (Overkill Speaker Cables) to unsuspecting, uneducated victims!

This false theory is nothing more than Marketing Mumbo Jumbo created by Dishonorable people to sell crap (Overkill Speaker Cables) to unsuspecting, uneducated victims!

I don’t understand how cable burn in helps sell cables? If I were a cable manufacturer, if it weren’t for cable burn in, people wouldn’t buy my cables?I would think people buy cables for the sound quality. I don’t think they care about burn in. In fact, it’s better if the cables do not need burn in because they can enjoy the cables right away, instead having to wait for 300hrs.

I hate to judge before all the facts are in but it appears the bobbyd38 dude hasn’t been paying very close attention to how this thread has developed. Hint: we’re off the copper thinggie. We’re onto the dielectric thinggie now.

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Did the marketing guy at Audioquest get fired after this?

For an undecided prospective customer, this says "don't bother buying something expensive".

I think you might have misunderstood the purpose
of that article. The excerpt was taken from an
article regarding to their DBS system. It's an
active dielectric bias system that conditions the
dielectric so that the cable will sound optimally
regardless its state. Unlike regular cable, the
dielectric may not perform optimally if not being
listened in awhile. The DBS system will enable
the cable to sound optimally even if it was left
unused.