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Does Power Cord Require Burn-In To Sound Good?

I recently bought a new power cord but there isn’t much difference in sound quality between this new cord and the previous Wireworld Elektra 7 which it replaces. The cords are used on the DAC.

Any ideas if the cord needs to burn in to open up and sound better? It currently has about 5 hours on it and I think I prefer the sound quality of the previous cord which costs 10 times cheaper.

Any thoughts appreciated.
ryder
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millercarbon
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Hate to tell you, if it doesn't sound good right out of the box send it back. Yes burn-in is real. But it won't turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. What it will do, if the cable is any good then it will sound terrific right out of the box, and then improve a lot as it burns in. If it sounds worse than what you have, at 10X the price, send it back. Do not wait. Do not listen to any cockamamie stories. Just send it back.
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petg60
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Some PC's do need more time to burn in but improvements in certain areas would be audible, if none, especially for low powered dacs, then they will not sound much better when they break in.
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ebm
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Look at the other 50 threads YES 200 hours.
roberjerman
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