Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period?

They need 30-40 hours. Get smoother, more detailed. Regarding bass, I had the same expirience.

I can't say that my Speltz cables benefitted from a whole lot of break-in. Perhaps they have gotten a little bit smoother, but they did sound excellent from the beginning.

My Speltz throw a huge soundstage, are quite palpable, are grain free, highs and mids are natural sounding, not over-exaggerated, and bass is there in spades, and controlled / tight. Leanness, bass loss, lacking body? => Absolutely not in my system!

I bi-wire with two sets of Speltz cables, and I do not have the (+) and (-) spaced apart. Instead, they are tied together every foot to two feet, using small cable ties.

I think you may have a case of missing synergy. Something in your system is not jiving with the Speltz, or vice versa.

Sounds just like the symptoms of a new cable needing more break in time. I just broke in a pair of Coincident CST IC's placed between my pre and mono blocks. Israel Blume recomends two hundred hours of initial break in and they needed every single bit of it! Had very much of the nasties you described but, not any more. Their beautiful! I have never heard a wire that didn't need a break in. Enjoy!

Realprober, my experience matches yours. After reading how they bested Audience AU24 in some systems on Audiogon I was anxious to try them. But I was a bit disappointed the way they performed in my system. What really did them in for me was the reduction in scope of the soundstage. Still at $80 for an 8ft. pair, an excellent deal, but I greatly preferred the AU24 and Ridge Street Poiema to them with my equipment.

I've had different experiences with the Spletz cables Mine were used (not too much) but came wound together. Wonderful soundstage, imaging and bass are right there. I also was using Transparent MusicLinks before. The Speltz cables sound smoother, more open. Bass is there- actually improved.

When I switched to the Spletz jumpers (from the brass plates), the highs dropped off and the soundstage went back a few feet. After about 10 hours, it's starting to come back, but I found the sound still very engaging and just a little relaxed.