Cable Break In for the Naysayers

I cook my cables between the TT, the phono stage, the preamp, the amp, and the speakers. Everything in my main systems has no problem logging at least 50-60 hours a week during the winter, about half that during summer. I don't use a steady modulation or tone, just my library. I have revisited source material after a week or two of break-in.... but I am not sophisticated enough, or my short term memory has

gone, well,

I've forgotten where

to tell the difference in cable performance in any realistic way. If something sounded unacceptable at first use I don't have the will power to keep going for some theoretical improvement from poor to wonderful. But I do, and have, secured replacements. I admit my cable budget wouldn't cover the cost of some cable isolation stands, but then I'm more Stoic than Epicurean... I don't spend too much time trying to quantify the subjective-- life is too short     I'd rather go record shopping.

I still cannot believe that in this stage of Audio history there are still many who claim cable break in isn't imagined.

Produce scientific measurements and objective evidence of it happening and you might have a reasonable argument.

Without trying to be too "new agey", everything changes & moves in a spiral from the massive galaxies in our universe down to the smallest nano - particles & all in between including footballs, branches on a tree, threads on a screw, springs etc. & of course electrons in a wire which is easily viewed on an oscilloscope. A sine wave is simply a two dimensional view of this.  

As we are simply part of the universe, why would assume we are any different or our perception of the "sound "of a cable is either. Of course we are not. Thus, cable burn in is as real as anything else & they sound different over time  & slowly may get better & eventually worse. Part of this may also be our taste & what sounds pleasing to us which also changes over time & may even come back around again. 

Additionally, our ears are amazingly sensitive. From all that I've read in the l've read about loudspeaker development by some of the very best designers, they start out w/ what should sound good in theory in all aspects of the speaker & always tweek their designs by ear over a long period of time w/ different kinds of music. There are no measurement devices that compare to this level of sensitivity & why we can recognize someone immediately over the crappy little speakers in our phones in an instant. Just because something cannot be measured does not mean it's not real. 

@jonwolfpell +1 Everything wiggles and vibrates.

Let’s see how engineers measure this. And predict its movements and outcomes. And then prove it.

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Tube-rolling = same specs = different materials/construction = different SQ.

Capacitors = same specs = different materials/construction = different SQ.

Resistors = same specs = different materials/construction = different SQ.

Cabling = same specs = different materials/construction = different SQ.

All requiring burn-in.