Burn your power cables in PROPERLY with Haglabs Frycorder


I have thousands of hours on my Nordost Heimdall2 power cables. And I put in new Gigawatt inwall wiring over 12 months ago, so hundreds if not thousands on that.

I now know I (and probably most audiophiles here) never had my power cables or power lines burned in, not even close. Because this cheap $300 product by Hagerman Audio Labs, the Frycroder2, has blown me away with only 18 hours on it so far.

A little box you just plug into the end of each power cable. It creates a series of oscillating waveforms, supposedly it burns in the power line all the way back to the first utility transformer.

Who knows if that's true, but already there is a large reduction in hash and grain, more black background e.t.c all the usual subtle things you get with burn in, but seemingly amplified 10x than normal.

I'm going to give each power cable at least 48hrs, so will take a 2 weeks to do and get a full picture after that, but already at this early stage I am a convert and Jim Hagerman is a genius.

https://www.haglabs.com/collections/break-in-devices/products/frycorder2-power-cord-burn-in-generator

agisthos

My Frybaby does wonders. It can transform your sound after as little as 24 hours of burn-in. I will be ordering the unit for power cables soon. Too easy to use and so beneficial for such low investment.

I hate to get in the middle of these pointless arguments where all the people that have never given a product a try deny that it could have any effect and must be snake oil simply because they can’t propose a mechanism for its action but I am going to anyhow LOL.

1) I visited Shunyata Research recently where Caelin Gabriel said that he considered burn in a fact, not a belief. He pointed out that at Shunyata they have made exactly the same cable, made by exactly the same person, and tested them at different levels of burn in and clearly and repeatably heard a difference.

2) The guys at PS Audio have also made that same claim, that they have built the same products and compared them at different levels of burn in with clearly audible differences.

3) Shunyata claims their KPIP burn in process provides such a dramatic benefit that they no longer cryo treat their products.

4) Since I was buying a loom of Ice Age power cables and saw this thread, and was familiar with the positive reviews for Hagerman’s phono stages, I decided to take advantage of their 30 day return policy and bought the Frycorder2. At $189 shipped with return privileges it seemed like a no brainer.

5) Before any burn in I put the full loom of Ice Age OFC power cables in my system and compared them to the mostly Pangea cables I had before. I heard them as being slightly different, especially in the bass, but not clearly better.

6) I bought adapters on Amazon that let me daisy chain all 5 power cables and hooked them to the Frycorder2 for 3 days. And for good measure I put them on a fan for a day and a half after that. Shunyata said that a fan was the best thing for an end user to use to burn in power cables.

7) Once again I compared the Ice Age cables to the previous set up of mostly Pangea cables going back and forth twice to confirm what I was hearing. After the burn in the Ice Age cables had improved dramatically and were clearly much better than my previous set up in all the ways we listen to. Dynamics, bass, transients, attack and sound stage were all immediately and noticeably better. Since the Ice Age cables also come with a 30 day return policy my preference would actually have been for none of this to have resulted in a positive outcome.

8) Bottom line for me is burn in is real, the Frycorder2 made a very positive change in my power cords, and the Ice Age OFC power cables are a remarkable bargain in a sea of grossly overpriced gear.

I could care less what all the naysayers think who have preconceived opinions about how something won’t work and can’t be bothered to actually test those opinions and simply assert that anybody that disagrees with them must be delusional. Go take advantage of the money back guarantees and give the products a fair trial and perform your own A/B tests. If you actually know how to listen, and yes it is a skill, and have a reasonably good system, and you still don’t hear any benefit then make a constructive post with your findings.  That would actually be helpful. This blathering on about how something can’t work and must be snake oil is ridiculous without any testing with the most sensitive instrument we have, the human ear.

     "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)                        

      "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)

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

      "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."

      Until recently (21st Century); and the advent of the relatively new science of Fluid Dynamics, the best (scientific) minds involved in Aerodynamics, could not fathom how a bumblebee stays aloft. 

     Often; Science has to catch up with the facts/phenomena of Nature and/or, "reality" (our universe). 

     I haven't been in school since the 60's, but- at Case Institute of Technology; the Physics Prof always emphasized what we were studying was, "Electrical THEORY."         He strongly made a point of the fact that no one had yet actually observed electrons (how they behave on the quantum level) and that only some things can really be called, "LAWS." (ie: Ohm, Kirchoff, Faraday)   

                 PERHAPS: that's changed in recent years and I missed it?

     No one can tell you whether/how your system, room and/or ears will respond to some new addition.   There are simply too many variables.

     LIKEWISE: no one can possibly know whether a new addition (ie: some kind of disc, crystal, fuse, interconnect, speaker cable, etc)  will make a difference, in their system and room, with their media and to their ears, without trying them for themselves.   

     Some companies offer a 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee, so- those that are actually interested, have absolutely nothing to lose by trying (experimenting with) such.     

     Anyone that knows anything about the sciences, realizes that something like 96% of what makes up this universe, remains a mystery.       

     For centuries; humanity’s seen, heard, felt and otherwise witnessed phenomena, that none of the best minds could explain, UNTIL they developed a science or measurement, that could explain it.     

     The Naysayer Church wants you to trust their antiquated science (1800’s electrical theory) and faith-based, religious doctrine, BLINDLY ("Trust ME!"). 

     Theories have never proven or disproven anything.  It’s INVARIABLY testing and experimentation that proves or disproves theories/hypotheses.   

    IF you’re interested in the possibility of improving your system’s presentation, have a shred of confidence in your capacity for perceiving reality and trust your own senses: actually TRY whatever whets your aural appetite, FOR YOURSELF.         

                      The Naysayer Church HATES it, when THAT happens!  

Well written responses to the naysayer community.  Keeping an open mind is more often a virtue than not.