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HiDiamond Diamond 3 XLR IC's - Burn-In Time?

I recently switched to a VTL 7.5 iii preamp (a mighty unit!). It has RCA and XLR I/O's, but the mfr. recommends XLR cables over the RCA. As a result, I recently bought a pair of the HD D3 XLR IC's to run from pre out to amp in. (My Krell 300 cx amp has ONLY XLR inputs; I had been using adaptors with my JPS Aluminata RCA's. Sounded fab.)

The HD's are beautifully constructed, highly detailed, lively cables -- a bit TOO lively so far - more than I am accustomed to or like. I want to give them a chance because the sound is so good in so many other ways. They have about 40 hrs on them so far.

Any experience on the expected burn-in time before they approach their mature sound? Switching pre's and cables is very traumatic!

Thx. Neal
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zd542
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It takes as long as it takes. One thing you can do is leave your CD player and preamp on, and just shut your amp off. Set your source to repeat and you'll still be breaking in your cables even though you can't hear your system.
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lak
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I own both the Aluminata and the HD 3 XLR interconnects. I use them in different systems. The HiDiamond products take between 300 to 500 hours to fully burn in.
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ozzy
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From first hand experience, the HiDiamond cables take many hours of breakin.

I currently have a 4 meter pair of the 8 speaker cables breaking in on my Audiodharma cable cooker.
My plan is to run them about 10 days = 240 hours on the cooker before trying them.

So, my advise is to be patient, you'll like them.
siddh
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I have run HD power cords, ic's and speaker cables. Although, the power cords seemed to require greatest break-in time, the sc also demanded patience. If memory serves me right, about 300 hours brought consistent, musical performance.
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