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Cable "burn in"

I understand that before coming to conclusions about the sound of an interrconnect in your system, the cable must be "burnt in" for some degree of time.

My questions is -- can I do this "burning in" simply by hooking the interconnect up to, say, an FM tuner and the preamp, turning the turner on and letting it "play" while the preamp is turned off. If not why would turning the preamp (or the rest of the system) on during the "burn in" make any difference??
jackcob
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tok20000
608 posts
 
Yep, hooking a cable up to a tuner is about the cheapest way to burn it in.

KF
sean
6,231 posts
 
Compared to a "good" cable burner, using a source component such as a tuner or CD player is a poor substitute. It works, but you don't get anywhere near the same results. Sean
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lazarus28
339 posts
 
what do you recommend, sean? i'm in the process of breaking in some ic's at the moment and would love to know.
lemec5b2
67 posts
 
the best readily available way to burn in an interconnect is to use it as a digital cable. You will get a much higher level, wide spectrum signal as well as a 75ohm load. You can couple your left and right cable together.

steve
bob_bundus
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Steve great idea. This would acually be similar to the Mobie cable burner, which passes a large amplitude square wave through the interconnects into a dummy load box. I got my Mobie from Music Direct in Chicago; list price $250, I think I got about 10% off, but I had to beg for it.
Laz this Mobie is what Sean recommended to me, but it only cooks interconnects, no speaker cables nor AC cords. He recommends 30 days for best results, but even one day reportedly helps.
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