Power Cable Break In - Such a Change!

     The local Master Of The Deluded ("Trust ME, I’m a fictitious operative!"), quoting ANOTHER fictitious character, about, "self-deception".

"The capacity of Humans for self-deception is apparently unlimited" - Mr.Spock the Vulcan.

     "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction."  (Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse , 1872) 

     "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon,"  (Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873)

      "The super computer is technologically impossible.  It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." (Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University)

       "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible!" (Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895) 

      "There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."  (Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923)

      "Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." (Dr. Lee DeForest, Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television)

      "The bomb will never go off.  I speak as an expert in explosives."  (Admiral William Leahy, re: US Atomic Bomb Project) 

      When the steam locomotive came on the scene; the best (scientific) minds proclaimed, "The human body cannot survive speeds in excess of 35MPH."     

      If the planet's innovators/inventors/scientists had paid heed to the ubiquitous bleating of the naysayer, from the dawn of humanity; we'd still be listening to conchs for entertainment.     Well: PERHAPS they'd have admitted one for each ear DOES create a stereo effect, but...

     Their church's credo should be, "Science?    We don't need no stinking Science!"   

                                         ESPECIALLY: ANYTHING NEW!

@ozzy 
I put together two new power cords about a week ago using Furutech FP-S55N with FI-50 NCF and FP-S032N with FI-28(R). Going thru almost exactly the same nasty break in as you are experiencing with Audioquest. 
The minute I plugged the new power cord in the sound was incredible. Best I ever heard my system sound. Then 2 days in harsh, muffled, artificial, glare, boomy. Then there was no bass…gone…just harsh mids and highs. 
I stopped listening and just gave it a 3 days with the components on 24/7.
Thankfully about 110-120hrs in it’s coming around.  The delicate highs, clarity in mids and textured lively deep bass. I’m expecting it to settle around 200hr mark but continue to improve up to around 600hrs based on what I’m reading. 
Break in is real and this was worse than anything I have ever heard during the break in phase. 

audphile1,

I have also built many power cables. The best I made was using pure 10 gauge solid .9999 silver wire with the Furutech NCF fittings. I used oversized Teflon tubing and braided them similar to the Dragons. They sound very good, but alas not as good as the Dragons.

ozzy

wesheadly,

The Dragons are broken in at the factory, but they still will require many hours within one’s system to fully break in or develop. They also have bias circuitry that is not activated until you pull the tab activating the battery when installing them.

I do get it about the pricing, I have been fortunate in that I purchase items mostly used and can sell them if I want for almost what I paid for them. So, not too bad in the long hall.

I have noticed that as my system has improved, it is easier to tell the improvements.

ozzy