Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period.


Almost all the audio equipment including speaker need burn in time.

But I had bad experience with one digital cable recently.

Some people blew the horn on it and claimed burn in time more than 100 hours.

Out of box it had lot of details but etched.

After 8 weeks (around 200 hours) it got little bit better but its overall performance is not better than other digital cable that I have had.

Now it is too late to return it.

Beware of any cable claiming more than 50 hours of burn in time.

The chance is high that you will waste your time and money.
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@prof 
I let me ears decide on components. If the cable was bright or lean or etched in my system, I would have packed its bags. If you dont believe in cable burn in, then I don't know what to tell you. Maybe you can tell me what is happening inside during the 300 hours? When I tried talking to the cable, she didn't say anything. Maybe the cat had its tongue?? Oh well lol

@shkong78 
I am glad you are enjoying your Silnote cable.. But to say the silverstar is a so so cable is laughable. I would never trust your opinion. Bye!

I disagree 100% with the poster. I had the exact cable he is complaining about. Its not a warm / fuzzy cable nor its it lean and etched like other cables that I have heard. It took over 300 hours to really sound great. Like with any component some of them take few hours and some take well over 400 hrs to settle.
At first the cable did present a little bit of hardness on top and even remember writing to Wig about this (who also owned the cable). Eventually that hardness on top subsided. I have tinnitus so a component has to have a smooth top end and natural midrange sound and that is exactly what Black Cat are all about. I liked the cable so much I traded in the cable and bought the top of the line cable. But at the end of the day, go with what makes you happy, synergy is key to having a great system.
It's interesting when people say.."maybe you get use to the sound of a bright etchy component?". However I can never get used to a BRIGHT recording!
Digital Cables are the easiest to burn in. If you don’t like to burn in cables or equipment then buy used. Enough complaining