Interconnect and Speaker Cable Burn In


I am attempting to burn in a pair of interconnects and speaker cables and after reading the forums have a question

Do I need a load at the other end of the cable - or can I just hook them up to a cd player or old receiver? Same for speaker cables - do I need to speakers or some load on the other end.

I am looking to burn in cables without 24/7 of music on or spending to much money ($50 or less would be great), as well as not put undue mileage on higher end gear (vs old receiver or cd player).

Any suggestions would be much appreciated - keep in mind that I am somewhat technically challenged.
jwales
Indeed...the load will have impact on the volatge and current levels in the cable - so it is not just the music (signal) that is critical but also the load.

You need to consider
Source Signal ( type music, frequency content, in some cases test signals may provide the most balanced break-in)
Load ( active, passive or a combination )
Volume setting ( determines Volatge and current level in concert with load )
Time ( length of time used to burn in and possibly the times of day used to burn - obviously no point burning in during the morning if you listen at night, as everyone knows that the grid power varies throughout the day)

Furthermore, since amps, tubes, capacitors, speakers and sources all break-in then you need to add break-in times together, otherwise your cable will only be broken in for how your tube amp or speaker sounded 300 hours ago ...in essence it needs to break-in synergistically once ALL components are broken-in)

...this is if you believe.
I agree with Sugarbrie - just use them and over the next few weeks, they will burn in/settle in your system. Whether or not you will notice a difference depends on your system - and ears.

Soren
Yes indeed, you need a load connected and music playing.

For the life of me, I cannot understand this break-in thing. Not because I am a EE and should refute such "nonsense" but because I am an objectivist who has experienced break-in several times! It is the craziest thing. At this point, I am pretty much certain it is the cable changing in some manner. I have developed a bunch of techincal theories about what might be happening to try to rationalize it. It all makes sense but not in the audible frequency domain, and yet...

Of course, it takes a high level of system resolution to really notice. I couldn't really tell until my system had improved sufficiently - so your mileage may vary.

Arthur
I will burn them in for you on MY Audiodharma Cable Cooker PRO 2.5 for you for.............FREE. Of course you would have to pay shipping but otherwise I wouldn't charge my fellow audio buddies for something like that. Let me know if your interested.

Regards,
John
Me too. Just reimburse the shipping costs.
I also own a Audiodharma Cable Cooker. We need to help each other out.