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... what is Settling Time in cables and interconnects...

Hello to all...

Was reading on a cable/interconnect manufacturers' site that they recommend min 350 preferrably 450 hrs Burn-In time, and 2 to preferably 24 hrs Settling Time (after plugged and unplugged).

Have never heard the term Settling Time: what is it, how is it done, what effect would it have if done or not done, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY - would like to hear from someone who has actually done this and your impressions...

THANKS!
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glupson
7,842 posts
 
sejodiren,

"So I just took all my cables and dragged them around out in the snow...."
Nothing works like good old cryoing the cables. And you did it in organic and gluten-free way. Kudos to you. No wonder they sounded better. Could ears falling off have also influenced the sound to some extent? Maybe that is all that Van Gogh was trying to achieve. Get sweeter timbre and faster transients.
glupson
7,842 posts
 
geoffkait,


"...start worrying what all the dust that settles on them will do to the cable and the sound. Cockroaches crawling on them may also not have the best electric properties."
"Obviously when you’re not an audiophile this sort of thing doesn’t matter. Thanks for the reminder, glubson."
Any time, geoffkait, any time I can help you learn more about yourself. There is nothing wrong with not being an audiophile or not having a system with fuses but participating on these threads. It is all game anyway, 100 years from now it will not matter to either one of us.
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
glubson, why in the World are you misquoting me? Is this part of some sort of ill conceived new disinformation and misinformation campaign? Not that you would know the difference.
flapjack
116 posts
 
What if the cable manufacturer did break them in and didn’t tell anyone?
You buy the cable and break it in again. Would you hear a difference?
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gosta
839 posts
 
My belief is that any cable when you disconnect it actually forgets all about how to transport a signal from one point to another. So it needs a break-in again. And once breaked-in also a little settling-in will do good. You can see this final part as a welcoming handshake between the speaker and the cable.
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