Ridgestreetaudio,
Wow. That was authoritative...cable burn is real. Doesn't matter what anyone thinks...it is real, like it or not.
For the benefit of others....especially the skeptics out there.....let me play the devil's advocate a bit and challenge you a little on this.
It will give you a chance to convince others which may lead to more special cable sales ;)
So here goes...
Do you have any references or studies backing up these claims that you could share with us?
Testimonials doesn't really cut it for me when it comes to something as well studied as cables. If it is a "real phenomena" and if it makes an audible difference for some then surely the effects ought to be studied in electrical engineering somewhere; but I don't recall having seen anything. Perhaps you can point us to IEEE papers or other reputable engineering journals that have studied these effects in audio applications.
As you can see, I am more than a little skeptical. There are other skeptics out there too...
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/speakercablebreak-in.php
I assume are we talking about the same ordinary copper wires that most people use...or are you referring to some other exotic cable conductor material that is known to be affected by AC electrical signals in the audio frequency range and therefore drifts in response and requires break-in?
If it is something exotic that drifts in properties and response under normal operating conditions then why is this material being used at all for audio applications? Surely, given alternatives, nobody would choose to use an exotic material that significantly changes properties over time, and for an application requiring accuracy and stability. This is simply poor engineering.
Wow. That was authoritative...cable burn is real. Doesn't matter what anyone thinks...it is real, like it or not.
For the benefit of others....especially the skeptics out there.....let me play the devil's advocate a bit and challenge you a little on this.
It will give you a chance to convince others which may lead to more special cable sales ;)
So here goes...
Do you have any references or studies backing up these claims that you could share with us?
Testimonials doesn't really cut it for me when it comes to something as well studied as cables. If it is a "real phenomena" and if it makes an audible difference for some then surely the effects ought to be studied in electrical engineering somewhere; but I don't recall having seen anything. Perhaps you can point us to IEEE papers or other reputable engineering journals that have studied these effects in audio applications.
As you can see, I am more than a little skeptical. There are other skeptics out there too...
http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/speakercablebreak-in.php
I assume are we talking about the same ordinary copper wires that most people use...or are you referring to some other exotic cable conductor material that is known to be affected by AC electrical signals in the audio frequency range and therefore drifts in response and requires break-in?
If it is something exotic that drifts in properties and response under normal operating conditions then why is this material being used at all for audio applications? Surely, given alternatives, nobody would choose to use an exotic material that significantly changes properties over time, and for an application requiring accuracy and stability. This is simply poor engineering.