Q. Do I need to burn in my QED cables?
Answer:
Although we have been
unable to measure, or objectively corroborate any claims made about cable burn-in, we remain open minded to any subjective differences or improvements
perceived by listeners, because as we know the act of hearing is an extremely
subjective process. For instance, our brains are able to tell male and female
voices apart on a telephone line which has too narrow a bandwidth to convey low
bass or high treble - our brains fill in the missing frequencies from
clues presented by harmonic interference in the actual objective audio
bandwidth.
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