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Cable re-burn in

How long does it take for an already burnt in cable to re-burn in back to optimal? I'm doing a lot of interconnect and speaker cable comparisons and sometimes a cable will sit unused for several hours to several days. Is it a fair comparison to A/B one cable against another when cable "B" has sat for unused foe 3 days?
gooddomino
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kijanki
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I would suspect that several hours is not enough to change anything but several days or perhaps weeks will do it. I remember that when reviewer disconnected battery from Audioquest IC he could not hear any difference but connecting it back after long time was audible (cleaner "darker" background, better clarity etc.)
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sebrof
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I dunno, domino. Do you honestly believe that if there is a correct answer to this question you will be able to identify it buried within the number of "other" answers in this thread?
ahendler
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Of course the longer you wait the less likely you remember what something sounds like. Aural memory for musical sounds is very short
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tom6897
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Pretty simple actually: for every three hours left unplugged

The quintic looks like this:

ax^5 + bx^4 + cx^3 + dx^2 + ex + f = 0, x or as I like to put it, .... It Depends on your equipment and level of OCD.
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