Jenks;151197 Wrote: > I am stunned to hear any experienced audiophile say they doubt burn in.
I'm not at all convinced about burn-in for cables, but I do accept that they will degrade/change over time as oxydation and corrosion set in. The surface changes may have some effect on the electrical properties of the cable, but the usual trick of pulling them out and putting them back in again usually gets you back to the start. If you think you cable has "burnt-in", does it go back to the start if you clean the contacts? The regular cycle of heating up and cooling down of equipment must also affect other components over time, especially amplifiers, but cables are substantial metal objects that don't get hot, so I can't see the crystalline structure or eletric properties changing much at the low temperatures they operate at. Burn-in is the brain acclimatising to the new sound in my view, but hey, it's just a viewpoint. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29025 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
