Power Cable Break In - Such a Change!

Thanks for all the posts thus far.

Just a little of history. I have owned several iterations of PS Audio power plants. I also have owned Acoustic Revive, Shunyata, Purist, Synergistic etc.

The AudioQuest Niagara 7000 has been the most impressive of all of them.

The same with power cords, I have owned all the ones mentioned and lots of other top named power cords. Including some of my DIY and many specialty ones.

The combo of the Dragons with the Niagara 7000 provides the synergy that was probably lacking with the others.

ozzy

Also, in more than 40 years of reading about stereo stuff, I’ve never heard of something sounding worse after the supposed break-in. Why is that?

Have you ever heard that a car engine runs worse after broken in in 40 years of your life?

OZ,

 I am confused. If the cord was used, shouldn’t it be already broken in and the DBS is supposed to last as long as the batteries are good, plus about  three weeks. 

What was the other change you made at the same time?

JD

@mrskeptic This video explained it IMO. Jump to about 11 minutes in to speed it along. At about 24:30 minutes in, he explains break in.

What this video is suggesting to me is that cables are a terrible idea. Every time you move them at all you're degrading them in an audible way! What we need are cables that are built with the proper bend to fit between our components and then held in stiff harnesses to prevent them from being bent again. If we want to rearrange our components we're just going to have to buy new cables. Oh, but then there's the little flex cables that lead to the voice coil. They're being vibrated and flexed constantly. Those should be easily replaceable as they must be degrading at a rapid rate. How many hours are they good for? 

curiousjim,

The Dragon source was purchased new. At about the same time I installed a Peak 4 on my Entreq Silver Tellus.

ozzy