Cable septic

And, IMO, Cable Burn In is an outgrowth of evaluating cables [or anything for that matter] not in the system and room in which it will be used.

The poor schlub gets the item home, connects it to vastly different gear and rightly determines the sonics are worse.

As ALL systems change in response to environmental conditions and familiarity breeds contempt, at some point the victim will confirm things truly have gotten better.

I was once a cable skeptic until I tried a much higher end cable brand to my
" , budget brand" that I said " yeah this will be fine and work well".
I am not promoting anything or dissing anything that is why I didn't mention any brand names.
All I can say is there is a difference. I didn't want to believe it myself but I heard a difference.
Happy Listening
Mark

"If anybody makes a statement that they can’t hear a difference in cables, then they shouldn’t be using anything more than the cheapest cable found."

They may not hear the difference, but they may see the difference. Many expensive cables look "nicer" and that counts, too. Regardless of the sound, some people do like having items that look good.

Our ears and brain have good resolution, but little precision and very poor memory. 


I have measured differences in speaker cables, mainly due to poor amp/speaker interaction. Audible? Questionable.  That had little to do with cost. Expensive does not mean better. ICs? ... Any measureable difference is not of the audible type. A good IC like a power cable may have some impact noise levels. Changing bass or even treble response as often claimed? ... Bass not at all, and treble not enough to hear a difference.


Most perceived differences disappear when you don't know the change.

Our ears are EXTREMELY precise instruments, that's for sure.

Thank you for all the responses.  I neglected to mention I do have Voxativ Ampeggio Speaker cables.  Here is a description, "The Voxativ Ampeggio speaker cable is composed of many individual solid-core copper and silver wires. These are made of 99% purity oxygen-free material. Finalization is done by a special Cryo treatment. Thereby the cable is cooled down to −190 °C (−310 °F) and then slowly warmed up. In this process the molecular structure is reorganized after soldering.".  So that being said, where should I start with testing, power or IC?  Then, which component should I start with in order of importance?  IN addition to what I stated, I have a JC3+ Phono, VPI Prime Table with Cadenza Bronze, Oppo 105 Darbee Edition.  I have always been intrigued by Synergistic Research.  They seem to place an emphasis on research but they are pricey.