- Jul 9, 2007
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First of all I'm sorry - we all know how a thread like this will end. But I wanted to share some first hand experience and hopefully we'll get a page or 2 of useful debate before it descends into anarchy.
Anyway I remember reading a previous thread about cable burn-in, and it was divided into the usual 2 camps - those who had heard it for themselves and were convinced, and those who thought it was a ludicrous concept. Personally I was sceptical but as I hadn't had the chance to test brand new and 'burnt-in' versions of the same cable back-to-back I thought it best not to get involved.
Now I have - I took some Atlas Hyper 2 (twins runs bi-amping Arcam A32/P35 and PMC TB2+) on home demo, and was suitably impressed with the improvement over the Van Damme I was using before - much clearer & crisper in the treble and tighter in the bass - to take the plunge.
So I took the demo set back to the shop, picked up my new ones, took them home, plugged them in and fired things up. All I can say is that I am now utterly convinced that cable burn-in really does exist and that the difference between burnt-in and un-burnt-in cables is not a small one. By comparison with the burnt-in demo pair these new ones sound brighter to point of being brittle, the bass is significantly lacking in weight and the whole sonic picture sounds less three dimensional and a litttle bit 'muddled'. All connections have been checked and it's all hooked up correctly by the way.
I was really surprised at the extent of the difference, the Atlas Hyper 2.0 (when burnt-in!) is really rather good and I'm really hoping that the wonderful sound that was coming out of my system with the demo cables in situ returns after a few hours!
Anyway I remember reading a previous thread about cable burn-in, and it was divided into the usual 2 camps - those who had heard it for themselves and were convinced, and those who thought it was a ludicrous concept. Personally I was sceptical but as I hadn't had the chance to test brand new and 'burnt-in' versions of the same cable back-to-back I thought it best not to get involved.
Now I have - I took some Atlas Hyper 2 (twins runs bi-amping Arcam A32/P35 and PMC TB2+) on home demo, and was suitably impressed with the improvement over the Van Damme I was using before - much clearer & crisper in the treble and tighter in the bass - to take the plunge.
So I took the demo set back to the shop, picked up my new ones, took them home, plugged them in and fired things up. All I can say is that I am now utterly convinced that cable burn-in really does exist and that the difference between burnt-in and un-burnt-in cables is not a small one. By comparison with the burnt-in demo pair these new ones sound brighter to point of being brittle, the bass is significantly lacking in weight and the whole sonic picture sounds less three dimensional and a litttle bit 'muddled'. All connections have been checked and it's all hooked up correctly by the way.
I was really surprised at the extent of the difference, the Atlas Hyper 2.0 (when burnt-in!) is really rather good and I'm really hoping that the wonderful sound that was coming out of my system with the demo cables in situ returns after a few hours!