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ASI Liveline...Burn-In Experience

Hello Friends,
I just bought a pair of ASI Liveline interconnects. It has done just about 10 hours. While its very detailed and tonally rich but I find the sound to be a bit forward and the background is not very clean. Is it because its not burnt in ? Would like to know from other ASI users, how their cables behaved when new and after burn in ?
Also typically what would be the adequate hours the cable should undergo to burn in ?

I cannot imagine a cable thats so well reviewed and accepted and in fact a giant killer to have a sound that is not clean. Kindly share opinion on this cable.
pani
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glory
1,614 posts
 
What do you mean by the background is not very clean?

The reviews are spot on!

I have 100 Hrs. on mine and the first 10 hrs was pretty bad sounding. Around 30/40 hrs things got better and by 100 Hrs, well, I am getting the SC.

Take two patience pills a day till you have 100 Hrs. on them and write back to us.

10 Hrs. LOL.
clio09
3,355 posts
 
The background will clean up nicely. I find them more lively and forward sounding than other cables, but all told they are excellent. Give them some more time.
krell_man
827 posts
 
Why do you only have 10 hours on them? Leave your stereo running 24 hours a day and you'll have the hours in no time.
mrpaul
67 posts
 
I have broken in and am using a balanced pair and an RCA pair of the interconnects. In my system I saw the same characteristics for both. Initially they were tonally correct, but restricted on the bottom end. At about 100 hours the bottom end was there, but the sound was slightly congested. At 150 hours they click into place with small gradual improvement there after.
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