How long for an HDMI cable to break in.

@muvluv 

the charge itself moves at the speed of light the electrons are only a vessel for the electric to travel thru

Every electron carries exactly one negative charge. The "vessel" the electron travels through is typically a metal.

One of the most astounding discoveries in physics is that you don't need a "vessel" for electro-magnetic waves (light) to travel through.

AI:  The Michelson-Morley experiment (1887) by Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley was a famous failed attempt to detect Earth's motion through the hypothetical "luminiferous aether," the supposed medium for light waves.

They discovered that no matter how quickly the earth was moving towards, or from, a light source, the speed of light was identical.  This led Einstein to theorise that there is no absolute time.  Relative to an observer, time slows down for objects that move, especially as they approach the speed of light (which they can never reach).

Electrical signals propagate in much the same way as the sound from your speakers.  Sound is carried by slight changes in the random movements of air molecules, which average out as slight pressure changes on year eardrum.

To you, sound travels at the speed of sound.  But no individual molecule shoots from the speaker to you in a jet stream travelling at Mach 1.  Instead the molecule nudges adjacent molecules, creating pressure waves which do travel at Mach 1.

@toddalin 

Shouldn’t be a difference in the picture quality so long as it works

Exactly.  HDMI cables carrying MDMI signals work until they don't, except for the twilight zone where they mainly work!

Well the 35 foot cable is working without problem but have only just tried it out.

I think I would need to be on the wrong end of a couple of bottles of Vodka to pay the eye watering prices for some of these HDMI cable cons. Look I get it, some "High-end" audio gear can support lossless audio up to 32-bit and sample rates as high as 1563 kHz, even at these transfer rates it would result in a data rate of just 100Mps! Why would anyone think there are advantages in using HMDI 2.2.  It just uses the pins for LVDS differential signaling, which is good for reducing jitter but there are plenty of other ways Jitter can be controlled or even eliminated. I have even read that some forum users say a slightly longer cable is preferred for "tonal signature" now thats funny! It sounds like they are describing the audible effects of signal integrity loss, timing errors and noise! So what about cable quality? It only only matters for impedance consistency and shielding, not for bandwidth. Audio data rates are tiny compared to HDMI video (a few Mbps vs. multiple Gbps), so the “Ultra High Speed” rating of HDMI 2.1/2.2 is irrelevant. A well constructed standard HDMI even older spec is sufficient for I²S-over-HDMI because the signal integrity depends on proper impedance and shielding, not on 48 Gbps capability! If you want to spaff stupid amounts of hard earned on this nonesense, its entirely up to you it's your cash but for me, decent cables built and terminated well, conforming to electronic scientific principles should be all that is needed  and they can be found at very reasonable prices. I dont mean to upset anyone but...........

 I cannot believe I read this thread, I must be bored. 

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