AFAIU, the copper nuclei can wander in the direction of the current, if the current is strong enough. This will have the effect of making the cable thicker in some places and thinner in others, increasing overall resistance and decreasing homogenity. The effect is so small it's only practically appreciable where the cable diameter is measured in nanometers, e.g. in very dense ICs like CPUs. That's one of the reasons why you don't want to overclock/boost the voltage of your computer processor too much, even if you're able to keep the temperature down.
The effect on conductivity is negative, of course, and it makes the cables sound terrible, which is why I prefer to call it "burn-out", instead of "burn-in", and buy new speaker cables at least every other week. ;) -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even death may die.- touch + duet + boom + radio / wrt160n/dd-wrt / sbs 7.5.1 or higher/win7(32b)/avira free ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
