AC Power Cable "Break-In"

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Great read and so true, the power cables are easy to break in, get an adaptor hook it to your refrigerator for 2 weeks, a few hours on your system and you are done.
 
I believe it Bob. Electricity is electricity, but everyones system is different and the cables need to get acclimated to the system that they are hooked up to. I think of it as buying a car. Whether new or used you, the driver, need time to figure out how it works, how it feels, etc... to get the best out of it.
 
dlb2 said:
I believe it Bob. Electricity is electricity, but everyone's system is different and the cables need to get acclimated to the system that they are hooked up to. I think of it as buying a car. Whether new or used you, the driver, need time to figure out how it works, how it feels, etc... to get the best out of it.
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Doug, we are totally free to believe anything and anyone.
"The cables need to get acclimated to the system that they are hooked up to."
It's the same with that nice bottle of red wine you just purchased. ...Or that brand new wife you just married.

It makes total perfect sense. Then how come nobody is measuring it and divulge the results (objectively, and subjectively)???
 
NorthStar said:
My igloo is so fine that everything that comes inside get broken-in instantly! :)

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Us people, crazy audiophiles of the vast universe; it is amazing sometimes what we can come up with and post on audio fora! :D
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:audiophile: Cryogenics, that's the ticket!
 
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Doug, we are totally free to believe anything and anyone.
"The cables need to get acclimated to the system that they are hooked up to."
It's the same with that nice bottle of red wine you just purchased. ...Or that brand new wife you just married.

It makes total perfect sense. Then how come nobody is measuring it and divulge the results (objectively, and subjectively)???
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I can't answer that Bob. Maybe, and remember I said "maybe", the results don't have an effect on the measuring devices. Perhaps the flow of electricity is the same but the sound is different. Perhaps break-in is just "break down" and what you're hearing is the effect of time being a cruel mistress on the wire. It's aging, like your bottle of fine wine. But I'm just talking here is all...
 
Like I've been saying all along - we can't measure everything our ears can hear. So, when someone tells me that speaker X is better than speaker Y because of measurements - I just laugh. The measurements only tell half the story.
 
isn't it amazing what drugs will do to a persons brain !............:exciting:
 
Absolutely Doug; we're simply having a friendly discussion.
What amazes me the most though is the people's opinion (two) who are claiming that already broken-in cables need to be broken-in again if you used them in a new system!

I mean I love life and everything in it, and my audio passion runs deep into the stream of my blood cells, and I wish I had more time to do all the things that truly matter.
 
So Bob, back to the idea that even used cables need to be acclimated to a different system... Lets try my car analogy again. If you were to drive my Yugo and I your Ferrari, it would take each of us a certain amount of time to become one with the car. Once that flow is attained then everything upside down is righted again. The new used cables just need some driving time to offer their peak performance. Again, I'm just talkin'...
 
Yes, but let's say that this woman audiophile (Roxanne) with an ultra high end stereo hi-fi system, has everything perfectly dialed in for the last few months or so; break-in cables and AC power cords and all.

Then one day she decides to bring her AC power cord to her best girlfriend's (Angela) ultra high end stereo hi-fi system to see (hear) if it would make a difference for the better?

Angela then asks Roxy if the AC power cord is brand new; Roxy says "no" and that she has been using it in her own system for the last two months or so. Then Angela says "perfect, let's get on with the listening comparison". ...Music listening session.

* Was there a mistake committed somewhere along the way? ...Just talkin' .... :)
 
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