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RE: Cable Cooking/Burnin

Posted by alan m. kafton (M) on October 29, 2015 at 10:29:49

In Reply to: RE: Cable Cooking/Burnin posted by PingPing on October 28, 2015 at 23:50:58:

With the the audiodharma Cable Cooker what is your suggested method/approach?

The method that works best, and consistently, is Cooking a given cable (or multiple cables) for a set amount of time, then re-installing it in the music system, then allowing the cables to settle in with the music signal (AC draw with power cables). Tried-and-true over 16 years of practice. To further define the process, I always recommend progressive "Cooking-and-listening sessions", which sort out the optimal amount of hours a given cable needs to sound its best. This process is addressed on the FAQ page of my website.

What do you think of a 10hrs on/2hrs off approach, where the 2hrs off simply allows the magnetic effects that build up in the cooking/burnin components to subside/drain away, before the cooking/burnin is continued?

Again, another theory, and wasted time. Why not fully Cook the cable, then let those pesky "magnetic effects" drain away afterwards? Time saved, at the very least.

Please note that the conditioning process is similar to a sine wave....there are peaks and valleys. It's always possible that an arbitrary time period will produce a (temporarily) bad-sounding result, and in the real world that occurs frequently. That's why progressive Cooking-and-listening sessions best determine when a cable is "done". One's ears determine that.

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