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In Reply to: RE: Has It Really Been Ten Years Since... posted by zanash on March 19, 2008 at 01:28:04
Please re-read my chronicles.
My XLO Signature 1.1 interconnects were purchased in 1995-1998. I actually have four 1-meter Sig 1.1s. [I also have the balanced Sig 2.1, but I haven't blogged about that yet. I'm currently evaluating the XLO Ref5A speaker cable and some 12AX7s]. Anyway, those 1.1s have been in use for 10 years, in various systems.
When I received the XLO interconnects back from my audio buddy, we took a listen in my main system. As expected, the Sig 1.1 preserved image focus, but the ride was a little bumpy. And I think this has to do with the mids being a tad pinched or leaned out.
We Cooked one pair for 2 days, and a second pair for 1 day. We then compared these to the other two un-Cooked pairs. No contest. The Cooked pairs had more ease, balance, and freedom from grain. The soundstage, when recordings held such spatial information, spread out in width, height, and depth.
NO amount of playing time ever equals a day (or more) of Cooking. The Cable Cooker provides a high current signal/algorithm. It's kind of like when my 20-month-old son is congested. He doesn't know how to (deliberately or intentionally) cough or blow his nose. No amount of his breathing (equivalent to regular cable use) will clear his congestion like me digging out his boogers and sucking out his phlegm (equivalent to the Cable Cooker treatment).
My audio buddy and I then took the Cooked Sig 1.1, and stuck it on the old (circa 1993) CAL Sigma II. Holy smokes! Though the Sigma II is a dinosaur, we were surprised at how well it performed, when treated with nice and properly Cooked cables. That's not unlike using good cables on the original Sony Playstation.
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