Home Cable Asylum

Interconnects, speaker wire, power cords. Ask the Cable Guys.

RE: Does break in of a wire depend on the voltage..?

No, it does not take years to break in wire used with a low output MC cartridge. As I said in the thread below, I break in wires with line signal whenever I can, but with my tonearm wiring I just hook it up and play the records. Several times when I did this, I kept track of the number of record sides played and based on that I would estimate my tonearm wires took 40 or 50 hours to reach pretty much their final sound quality. It's hard to be precise about this because it takes a month or so of regular listening for me to reach 40-50 hours. In contrast an interconnect can reach that point with just two days of continuous FM or CD play. I could have rigged up a contraption to play line level signals through the tonearm wiring but I never had enough initiative to do this.

To respond to your question more generally, I believe (and this is just speculation) that the break-in of wires is not significantly affected by the amount of voltage or current used in the break-in process. Common sense says that break-in should be faster with more voltage or more current, but in my experience I just haven't noticed any correlation.


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Schiit Audio  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
  • RE: Does break in of a wire depend on the voltage..? - Salectric 12:23:11 01/12/17 (0)

FAQ

Post a Message!

Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.