Can cables have a shelf life?
I have a combined HT/Stereo set-up I’ve been revamping for a month or so. New monitors/new center. Same brand but the center is a different family.
I had everything dialed in and sounding pretty darn good but I’ve made a move of my amps and some XLRs I’ve had tucked away due to length issues in a box for guessing 8 years? 9 years? Longer? And I pulled them out today and inserted them in after all these years. Honestly my XLRs I had in place might have sounded better. Particularly the center. But really need to let it ride a few days but was wondering about age (They work so should be no issues right?) After all these years to they require a mini break-in?
They are Kimber Select 1126. I had been using Kimber Hero. The 1126, in theory should be a decent perceived step up. I feel it’s a perceived step back (-:
But not sure if they need to settle in again, if the age may take into account or the build of new cables have gotten closer to these. They’ve kept the model number after all these years but these have to be a couple of recipes back my now.
Thanks
Rick
Yeah it is something that people that are cable/challenged love to hear,lol...been doing some playing with footers and iso moving cd player up and down...along with that the cables/ic’s.After about 3 days they are close to sound stage sounding right. Its a weird phenomena that i kind of believed and thought ok w.t.hell...its real imho,and i do re run in via fry baby 12/24 after 6 mths of sitting unused. |
@dynguy - all cables require a "settling in" period even after simply being reconnected.- normally 20-30 hours In your case, some break-in may be required but it should be shorter than what is required for new cables - maybe 50 hours But that depends on the insualtion of the cables - some insulations do degrade and render the cable useless - but most modern cables use quality insulations so this is not normally a factor
Hope that helps - Steve
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I have older HiDiamond cables that sound very good. According to electricians, copper cable has a life span of around sixty to eighty five years. However, I live in a house built in the later 1800’s with tube and knob wiring and everything sounds great! I don‘t know about silver or platinum coated copper. But as far as the sheathing, it should still help with resistance and RFI unless they were damaged. Anyhow, let those cables burn for a few weeks and see how they sound after that.
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