On the cable and burnin issue I HAVE heard a very slight burnin with some cables, and not with others. It has never been more than a slight effect.
The cables that exhibit this tend to be the ones with multiple wires in complex geometries. My GUESS is that the manufacturing processes that produce these complex cables leave significant stress in the structures separating wires, during play the micro-vibrations from the signal "relieve the stress" in the system causing the wires to slightly shift relative to each other, very slightly changing the sound. Another possiblity is changing of the dialectric properties of the insullation under the influence of the AC electric fields of the signal. Some of the polymer structers are quite susceptible to slight rearrangement of their atomic structure due to external electric fields. This rearrangement will affect their electrical properties. Again whether this is audible is another matter. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86359 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
