How long for an HDMI cable to break in.


I've been using an Audioquest Blueberry for a little while and just got the Vodka 48 8k/10k to compare. I'm not hearing initially much of a difference and certainly not $600 worth. Anybody else compare the two? Direction is correct. When I put the Vodka in I realized the Blueberry was in wrong!

roxy1927

I am going from a wireless projector (Epson 5040UBe) to a 77" OLED (LG) and none of my sources (cable box, streaming, Oppo-95, HDMI switcher) exceed 4K at this point, so I used 8K cable to "future-proof" the system because this runs through the baseboard and is a PITA to change.  But at 4K, I shouldn’t have any problems even at 35 feet.

And because the cable runs through the walls and along the baseboard, I thought it was important to get one that was made for this allowing for greater flexibility.

This is what I got and is only a bit more than 4K cable.  Does one really need to spend hundreds of dollars on a cable that carries a digital signal of 1’s and 0’s just so long as they get there intact?

https://www.amazon.com/Highwings-48Gbps-Dynamic-Compatible-Desktop/dp/B0CR3WX6FH/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3FNZPZTAP7824&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GhQQMKbvYw5ZRTAn0WPYg4tnrPD6qBfrPzTiiDn5iT1o5S-O-Mk4zEPbe9qK0jeTqrilfjUPWwSO3NnYQJdw0TtQGPsL9KyBj0FRLIFmGuZwrqqOXxb4BH8MGtBD52EvcmpY1VUKcUMy9DC-qjcoudWLwaXjYGxR4HWVRre6iS9hQPAkQ8qpecrQSIQrTe72JGM9v052JIScFpaTpkv1lq3KxAjfJ3gwXFuNguC3-Ps._N6R9YIQjVxJDN9emxdIKaBygGLO6ZIr2ag4uLguT40&dib_tag=se&keywords=8K%2Bcable%2B35%2Bfeet&qid=1765392056&sprefix=8k%2Bcable%2B35%2Bfeet%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-4&th=1 

@kevemaher electricity moves at the speed of light, if it quacks like a duck and looks like a duck it must be a duck. Every generation of people like to seem smarter than the last when it’s totally opposite.

@thecarpathian 

Go outside and soak up the photons from the sun. 

You'll then have plenty of photons to pay that bill with!