AndyC_772;187999 Wrote: > Have you actually read the FAQ? He quite openly admits to having > absolutely no clue what 'break-in' might actually be doing to the > cable, or what the effect (if any) is on its measurable parameters. > Instead he writes a load of fluff like "It is needed to "format" and > clean up or "wash" the materials in the cable". > > This is not something that would be written by an expert. It's > meaningless. > > Even if there were some change going on in the cable, who is to say > it's always advantageous? I'm honestly quite surprised that nobody has > yet suggested that a cable has a finite life after which it should be > replaced. The components in your hi-fi - capacitors, especially - > certainly do have a finite lifetime, during which they're steadily > degrading. > > Sure, unplug a cable, stick it on some useless gadget for a few hours > and put it back. You'll have cleaned some oxide or other crud from the > contacts and given your ears a rest, so I'm not surprised it sounds > slightly better.
"Unfortunately, because insulation stores and releases energy, it is also a dielectric. In a cable application, all released energy is distortion. The misnomer break-in is often used to describe the pronounced improvement in performance as the dielectric adapts to a charged state as the cable is used. Whenever a cable does not have a charge on it, it is re-adapting to an uncharged state; it is becoming new again. By maintaining a 72 volt dielectric-bias, far above the voltage of delicate audio signals, the DBS system provides considerably better transparency and dynamics than is possible even from a cable in continuous use. It takes a couple of weeks for the DBS system to reach maximum performance. Since DBS battery packs are attached when Kilimanjaro cables are first terminated, Kilimanjaro will be approaching or at peak performance by the time it is installed in your system. Since there is no load on the two standard hardware-store batteries, they will last for years. A test button and LED allow for occasional verification of battery performance." http://cgi.ebay.com/10-FT-AUDIOQUEST-KILIMANJARO-DBL-BI-WIRE-SPEAKER-CABLE_W0QQitemZ180096477438QQcategoryZ14966QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem All that and more for only $3999.00 Hoo-boy! . -- haunyack RWA SB3 > Bryston BP20 > B&K r200.2 > Vandersteen 3A Signature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33615
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