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Cable settle in time?

When cables are new they need burn in time of course. When an ac cable has been removed from the wall and then plugged back in it needs settle in time which could take from an hour up to about a day. My question is that if a component is turned off for a period of time and then turned back on, does the cable require settle in time? I realize the component would require to warm up but I'm curious about the ac cable.Some of my components have a stadby mode which would keep the cord working but some components turn dead off. Thanks
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cables do not need to be 'warmed up'. If every electrical parameter of the cable changed 10% after warming up, it's doubtfull you could hear a difference. To exemplify that, changing the cable length 10% would changed all the electrical parameters by 10%.

More effective would be to spend this warm up time cleaning your connections or cds or your room!

steve
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