Power Cord Burn-In


I know, I know...this has been posted before but I swear I searched the archives and couldn't find what I was looking for so here's my question:
Just purchased a new pc for my cdp.
Can I burn this cord in without turning up the volume( family factor) and can I leave my preamp and amp off during this process. In other words, can I simply throw a disc in my cdp and press play/repeat and let the music play with no volume?
Thanks!
greh

Showing 4 responses by boa2

Scottht,

Many would say that with two daughters, you already have the best stereo you can find. My brother has three daughters...tri-amping at its finest.
All the best to you and your family,
Howard
The answer, Scottht, is YES. I did blind tests on my Jolida JD-100A with three different PC's, and all three people listening agreed that while one of the cords was more open than another, a third (a Michael Wolff carbon PC) made everything sound live and three-dimensional. In fact, my wife guessed that the most lifeless of the three must be the Wolff, because we had just received it, and she figured that "it must need breaking in." She was quite surprised to find out that it was in fact only two hours old. Now three weeks later, it sounds better yet.

I will say that after hundreds of hours recording and producing music, I have a pretty trained ear for slight variations in sound. And yet, the differences with the Wolff cord were not marginal. It was dramatically better than the others. I have affiliation with Michael Wolff, other than as a grateful audiophile whose expectations for his audio system were expanded by his products.
Scottht,

I should mention the three cords we tested, as I noticed that you have one of them in your system:

Signal
Van Den Hul
Michael Wolff

A large variance in price, and equally so in performance.
All the best,
Howard
No money to burn in my house, Scottht. Just no debt, no kids, cheap rent, and a wife who can't wait to upgrade to the biggest, baddest pair of speakers she can find. In addition, we have an English Mastiff and a Jack Russell who regularly insist that Cesaria Evora could sound just a hair better as they ease into naptime. And when these guys are screaming "Dad, buy the Western Electric 300B's!!!" you don't go for the cheap stuff.