- I have a Hagerman "FryKleaner Gold" - Dave Pogue 11:31:35 03/19/08
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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
... and can confirm that even veteran cables with many hours on them can benefit from 72 hours on it. Not all do, but in some cases it's pretty amazing.
- No - Luminator 10:09:08 03/19/08
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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.
- Not quite.... - alan m. kafton 09:51:17 03/19/08
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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
your old cables should be thoroughly cooked by definition
Most think that's the case, but it isn't so, and the case has been disproved thousands of times by a myriad of Cooker users. The relatively weak system signal does not thoroughly condition the cables, regardless of the number of hours used. Signal amplitude and duration are only two of the factors related to the proper conditioning of cables.
if they have been connected to your gear for more than 1000 hours
1000 hours? How and where did you come up with this number? Why not say 10,000 hours? It's still irrelevant.
the cooker just reduces the time the inital burn takes!
In practice, beyond the initial conditioning, all cables retrograde in performance over time, requiring a "recharge", which takes less time than the initial conditioning. This, too, has been proven over and over again. Cables do not maintain stasis, and this recharge is necessary to maintain high performance on a long-term basis. The qualitative results are another matter....it's not just a time factor.
I'll leave it to Luminator or another Cooker owner to comment further.
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