That was my whole point. A cable that has such an effect is a bad cable since it is distorting the signal in some manner. As I said, what comes out of the cable should be identical to what goes into the cable. Of course, that is easier said than done. So, I guess the ideal cable is the one that does the least damage.
I wonder if the designers of the gear you sell (Grimm, Weiss, Grand Prix, Cessaro, etc.) would agree with that statement......and wonder if they consider themselves cable agnostics too? and if they made cable design choices based on voicing or related processes and then how you would view that and reconcile the conflict.
hard to imagine that the Cessaro designer thinks that which cables are used inside his speakers essentially don't really matter. i'd guess he has done his listening homework before any cable gets to be included in his design.
I have heard this system with ALL Stealth cables and with ALL Purist Audio Design both top of the line cables both system sounded very good BUT different wich one was better ????? depends on your taste my friend prefered the Purist Audio Design and it was HIS 38k worth of cables.
my experience as far as time to 'break in' has had mostly to do with the gauge/size of the cable. my Evolution Acoustics TRSC (triple run speaker cable) and TRPC (triple run power cable) continued to improve for 10 days-2 weeks of continuous time on the Audiodharma Cable Cooker . and the Cable Cooker is much more time effective (and ultimately more performance effective) than music only.
those triple run cables are the heaviest cables I know about. so that is an extreme case.
lighter/smaller gauge wire seems to take quite a bit less time, as short as one or two days for phono cables.
Burn-in: The time it takes for your ears to become accustomed to what your system sounds like.
Warm-up: I'll give you an hour if you kept your components in a cold garage in February and are waiting for them to come up to normal operating temperature.
Hello, Gary. Unless you are being sarcastic, we will have to agree to disagree on that one sir. Perhaps to the untrained listener and perhaps to a certain extent to the trained listener but............
Burn-in: The time it takes for your ears to become accustomed to what your system sounds like.
Warm-up: I'll give you an hour if you kept your components in a cold garage in February and are waiting for them to come up to normal operating temperature.
If you just hook up your new power cable to your gear and let it burn-in...with some power cables, it takes 500 hours or more to break-in really good !
Warm-up: I'll give you an hour if you kept your components in a cold garage in February and are waiting for them to come up to normal operating temperature.
I remember driving from Boston to Chicago to pick up my speakers. They were in crates in the back of my pick up truck for two days in February during the return drive. Once I got them un-crated and into the listening room, I noticed that the aluminum baffles were very cold to the touch. They did not warm up to room temperature for at least eight hours. I did not hook up the speakers to run a signal through them for at least twelve hours. I would practice the same caution with electronics.
With my Pass amps, I notice that they sound better after about an hour of warm up. Four hours are even better. I usually take them out of stand by mode an hour or two before listening.
Warm-up: I'll give you an hour if you kept your components in a cold garage in February and are waiting for them to come up to normal operating temperature.
Just for giggles, why don't you and PA give it a try and tell us what you hear.
PS: To make this test relatively simple, put some "critical" interconnects (amp / preamp or source / preamp) in the fridge for a few hours or perhaps some power cords assuming they are detachable. Pull them out for an hour, reinstall, and listen immediately thereafter.
Better yet, replicate the above with your CDP if you have one.
With my Pass amps, I notice that they sound better after about an hour of warm up. I usually take them out of stand by mode an hour or two before listening.
