Cable Burn-in Devices - Looking for Recommendations

[Loheswaran]

I’ve not heard to my system awhile. Therefore I am happy to do a before and after and report back

 

[Dinkydau]

I have the FryCorder. It drastically improved my power cables, ones that had 1000's of hours of use on them already. I made a thread on Audiogon about it. I don't have the FryBaby but presume its performance would be similar.

But I have to respond to the claim the devices would do nothing because they are not pushing much current/voltage, i.e the old Fridge method. Jim Hagerman disagrees and had this to say about it:

This is very interesting. I just created a thread about a burn in problem I have ( https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/does-cable-burn-in-happen-in-phases.40087/ ) so this idea is worth trying.

Indeed, playing a low amplitude high frequency tone in the background (mixed with music for low frequency content) quickly makes my system sound better. (edit 2024-01-15 : I can't replicate this). I'm currently playing a 14000 - 20000 hz sweep on repeat and I can hear some distortions every now and then, as if the cable is clogged and then everything goes through. I have heard that happen before by just playing music, but now it's happening a lot more. I can't make any sense of this as physics is not my specialty so I'm just sharing my experience.

Another note: his idea about power cables contradicts what the creator of the audiodharma cable cooker says here: https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/what-do-you-do-to-break-in-your-cables.13026/#post-237181

There are NO high-end cable burn-in devices that I am aware of that have enough current output to properly burn-in power cables. And yes, I have tried them all. We have considered building a device specifically for PCs but the fan seems to do the trick.