Topic: burning in silver cables?

[groovon]

I burn my cables by sitting on them and farting..

Always wondered how "Oxygen Free" cable was made, and now I know - by suffocation!!   

[deadheaded]

I burn my cables by sitting on them and farting..

Your giving away trade secrets 

[Walstib62]

The notion of "burning in" cables is pure nonsense. The small current levels in audio cables are insufficient to raise the temperature of the conductors. And the stuff about metal oxides improving performance is nonsense as well. Rust on iron is iron oxide. Nobody in their right mind would think that a chunk of rust conducts better or more efficiently than a piece of clean steel or iron. Sorry, don't mean to be argumentive at all, but my BS alarm was in the red here.

[it-goes-to-eleven]

The notion of "burning in" cables is pure nonsense.

Last night I had a dream that a new cable was burning me in!


Don't all cables have capacitance due to the dielectric properties of the insulation material and construction?  And if there is a capacitance, would there be a difference once that dielectric is charged vs. discharged?

[Walstib62]

Dialectric materials do not store a charge. The conductors separated by the dialectric are capable of storing a charge. The instant there is voltage potential across 2 conductors separated by a dialectric material, there is a charge present. The charge depends on the capacitance value between the conductors. When the voltge potential is removed, the charge dissipates based on the resistance across the capacitor.

[SmokinJoe]

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4204772/Audio-cable-break-in--analog-vs--digital-nonsense

You mean you just buy these cables, hook them up and that's it?  I want something to do!  I've heard of people building machinery with knobs that don't do anything, just so people can have something to tweak.

[groovon]

Good article.

Special Free Offer kids! If you must have your cables burned in, send them to me and for absolutely FREE!! I'll short them into a wall outlet and return them to you a smoking, smouldering mess!

/not really serious


If only I was a believer... there are business opportunities galore.

e.g. here, capitalism at it's finest (and knobs to twiddle):

http://www.haglabs.com/frydaddy.html

[Jhurlbs81]

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http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

[groovon]

I like this one, guys...

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

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