because by the time you get them home after they sat in a package for months and were rolled into a ball they will loose all the benefits of the break-in process.
Hey, why do WE have to break-in cables???
With the prices the cable manufacturers charge for some cables, why don't they break em in? Especially the ones that need mega hours. Why leave it to us to listen through the frequently nasty experience of the break-in process. And while we're at it how about pre-amps and amplifiers? Especially the $6,000-$10,000+++ models. For that kind of dough you'd think they could give us a break ;<) and do some of the break-in for us. All the discussion about break-in and it dawned on me, why do WE have to do it? We should get PO'd!