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interconnect burn in via tuner?

If I connect a new interconnect that will be used for a cd player between a tuner and integrated amp and keep both powered up continually for the recommended time will this be sufficient? Another question is, what if the tuner is on but the integrated is in standby? And lastly, if it is essential to power the amp instead of standby, does the volume need to be at an audible level?
valinar
xti16
1,525 posts
 
Leave the tuner on and the integrated off. Won't hurt the integrated at all.
schipo
1,268 posts
 
"Break In" is not a proven audible or measurable phenomenon. The perception of changes in sound quality with time is likely attributable to the classical placebo effect, i.e., a listener anticipating a possible audible difference is predisposed to hear one whether or not it exists. Note that almost all exotic cable vendors claim cable "Break In". This is actually quite a popular myth touted by many other exotic cable vendors and cable forum cult hobbyists alike.

cable break in just a ploy for getting people to keep the cables beyond the return period, or perhaps long enough that their desire to do anything about the lack of any improvement is gone....
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sebrof
835 posts
 
01-24-11: Schipo
"Break In" is not a proven audible or measurable phenomenon."

To be fair, it's not a disproven phenomenon either, AFAIK.
lawpoke87
5 posts
 
Maybe it is the placebo effect but I would swear on my life that the sound coming from my system is fuller and has more depth two weeks after I first installed my MIT Magnum 3 interconnects than day 1. To me it's a very noticeable difference.
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