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Have a fascinating experience to share. After my dog destroyed one of my Magico S3 mk2 bass drivers (literally ripped it off - had to buy a whole new driver from the US and have it installed for SG$3k) she most recently decided my MIT SL-Matrix 70 (SG$7.5k) speaker cable was steak. I skipped the anger and denial stages of grieving and went straight to depression. After 4 weeks of no music I decided to find some cheaper cables. Found a family-owned specialist cable company in Singapore - the father was an engineer for Canare cables back in the day, set up his own retail shop, and sells them, but orders custom-modified. I wanted to but some “decent” cables such that if my terrorist dog ate them again, I would not go bankrupt. So, here is the rub: got their best cables with furutech connectors and an additional coating to hopefully mitigate the jowls of my dog. All for… wait for it…. US$500. 2x 3 metres. Inspected the build quality and it is all copper with each cable comprising 4 x separately insulated wires. 50 hours in and they were awful: muddy. Am 80 hours in now. Recommended burn in is 100 hours. MIT’s sounded better but… not by much tbh at the 80 hour mark. Go figure!