New usb A>B cable requires 250 hours of burn-in...for real??
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willyrover
Super Member
Just wait until the allowed return time has passed...THEN it's burned in.
30 day trial (250 hours continuous =10 plus days).....so 20 days to evaluate after burn-in. Huck
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willyrover
Super Member
So if you can put 250 hours on it in less than 30 days, and you don't like it, return it.
In my opinion, any sort of burn in requirement on a cable is nonsense.
In my opinion, any sort of burn in requirement on a cable is nonsense.
This is from their web-site..quote "This USB cable uses 99.99998% (7N) Ohno Continuous Cast (OCC) silver signal conductors. Power is also supplied by 99.99998% (7N) Ohno Continuous Cast (OCC) silver conductors. The signal and power cables are kept completely separate to ensure that source generated noise does not disturb the digital cable". HuckWhat material is used for the conductor ? Solid silver ?
Poinzy
Super Member
Good thing I have loads of "vintage" USB cable in a storage box -- already "burned in".
Chip Chester
Super Member
A reputable "uber-premium" cable company would pre-burn-in cables prior to sale, so customer would have 'satisfactory' performance from the start. Because that's part of manufacturing. How could they do any meaningful QC without that step?
It's an extra 11 days in the factory. I doubt the demand is such that they simply must be shipped the minute they're terminated so they can get on to building the next one. They could even process the whole spool of bulk cable at one go.
Oh, I'm sorry, what? None do that? Hmmm...
(I suppose next it'll be "burn in only works if you do it with the music you'll be listening to later on"...)
On edit: Just did the calculation, and the 250 hours is how long it takes to forget just exactly how much it cost to purchase.
It's an extra 11 days in the factory. I doubt the demand is such that they simply must be shipped the minute they're terminated so they can get on to building the next one. They could even process the whole spool of bulk cable at one go.
Oh, I'm sorry, what? None do that? Hmmm...
(I suppose next it'll be "burn in only works if you do it with the music you'll be listening to later on"...)
On edit: Just did the calculation, and the 250 hours is how long it takes to forget just exactly how much it cost to purchase.
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MannyE
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A reputable "uber-premium" cable company would pre-burn-in cables prior to sale, so customer would have 'satisfactory' performance from the start. Because that's part of manufacturing. How could they do any meaningful QC without that step?
But then how would you be able to hear the dramatic change in the cable?
A reputable "uber-premium" cable company would pre-burn-in cables prior to sale, so customer would have 'satisfactory' performance from the start. Because that's part of manufacturing. How could they do any meaningful QC without that step?
It's an extra 11 days in the factory. I doubt the demand is such that they simply must be shipped the minute they're terminated so they can get on to building the next one. They could even process the whole spool of bulk cable at one go.
Oh, I'm sorry, what? None do that? Hmmm...
(I suppose next it'll be "burn in only works if you do it with the music you'll be listening to later on"...)
On edit: Just did the calculation, and the 250 hours is how long it takes to forget just exactly how much it cost to purchase.
Yeah,after ten and a half days of burn-in,I would probably have forgotten what the old cable sounded like.Huck
MannyE
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I think @sKiZo hit the nail on the head. Giving me a piece of equipment that needs 250 hours to "work" is the same as giving me an unfinished bottle of wine. Even taking the cable argument out of the equation and come to think of it, assuming the cable believers are right and those on the other side are "deaf" cables should be sold "complete" with the required burn-in.
Yeah...they sure couldn't sell them if they called them "Yoko".
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WobblySam
Well-Known Member
Me too - my sides were aching. I believe a USB cable is digital and so what, we get better 1 and 0s after burn-in? Capacitance lowers so we get better rise time? I'm stopping before the thread is locked.
