Burn in period


Why would a copper speaker cable or rca interconnect need a burn in period.?  Are they really directional?

golferjw

First of all… hearing is subjective so of course the ear can be fooled.  

Second of all, wires and electronics do need a period to get warmed up. Electricity flowing through wires is no difference.  Just use your ears and you can hear a difference over time.

Finally, No one says it is the most important aspect, and the gear will have a much greater impact. So just spend reasonably and don’t blow your budget.  There are no absolutes and just have fun. 

If you can’t hear any difference in sound from a high quality cable freshly installed in a good system, to the same cable and system after a couple of hundred hours, it just means your ears aren’t as sensitive as someone who can. Different people need different glasses prescriptions to see the same things as clearly as each other. Opticians have sophisticated measuring devices to get you the right prescription. We don’t have the equivalent for hearing, well, not unless you need hearing aids.

@audphile1 but asparagus piss smells because asparagus has more ?manganese?, or whatever the mineral/chemical may be, and you can test and measure said piss and present your quantifiable results to the person who can’t smell their asparagus piss, and you can say listen you idiot, this chemical is 50x higher in your urine than it normally is. That’s because you just ate asparagus. Based on x randomized controlled studies over populations of n, 999999/1000000 say asaparagus piss smells like asparagus piss. If the person says nope I don’t believe it! then chances are, that person is either a flatearther fool spitting in the face of science or is just being difficult.  Only difference between the smell refuser and mr directionalcablez is the guy who refuses to believe his piss smells is not out thousands of dollars like mr cablez.  

@golferjw FFS Man you've been a member here for 19 years and now you decide to ask this question. Why are Titleist golf balls the best? Why can't I hit the ball 300 yds anymore?

Titleist golf balls are best because they pay most pros a lot of bread to claim so.  Gravity is the main factor affecting golf balls.  What force of nature is making electric signals sound different because they are not following the arrows on a cable?