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Conditioning/Burn-In Method

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Potentially controversial subject matter ahead. Thus post is recommended for mature audiences only. If you're in the school of thought that cables are voodoo, this post is not for you, please move among.

Now, to business.

I'm in the process of working in a set of Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR interconnects between my DAC, Preamp and Amplifier. So far, I probably have only 20 hours or so of play, and if memory serves, Frank recommends 60 hours or more. Given the difference in amplitude from DAC to Preamp, and from Preamp to Amplifier, do you guys think it might be worth swapping them out (rotating them) to help balance and perhaps accelerate the process?

Thanks in advance!

parabolic

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jnorris2005
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I'm sorry, but I think that cable break-in is the most egregious example of snake oil salemanship in audio.  I can't believe otherwise rational people would consider spending $1000 or more on a device that does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!! 
That said,  the one cable related factor that can benefit from burn-in is the actual physical connection of the cable jack to its plug or speaker wire to connector.  Sometimes it may take a while for the connection to settle into its lowest impedance.
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