I only fret on my guitar.
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Still, my guitar gently weeps
My two guitars were put into storage like 20 years ago, I may need to sell them one day since my hands are reserved for golf only now (they cannot handle the blisters).
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Curious if you have a bead on how the CGLE is doing on your Everest.
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My other option is purchasing a mix of FRR & Stealth power cables, and keeping the system as is.
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My audio system is down until I get in some speaker cables.
Seems to work fine for my Sony OLED tv - LOL!
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I currently have about 8 electric & acoustic guitars.
Play them almost every day!
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The PowerZone has definitely helped my OLED TV, but didn’t think of trying the OLED while borrowing power cables this week.
Luca, today I put back ZenWave PSR-11. How can I say this? Dream2020 needs more time to break it seems in my system. ZenWave has the detailed textures that Stealth does not quite match yet. Even on the mid-bass the D2020 sounded a bit blur compares to ZenWave.
Tomorrow I will put back D2020 again. It actually needs a lot more time to break in, I believe. There is a huge number of conductors inside.
ZenWave took 1500 hours to reach its peak, no kidding. I do not think Stealth needs that, I hope not.
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You guys invest a serious amount of resources (both time and money) into power cords and cables. Have you ever considered getting a cable cooker? They (at least the audiodharma Cable Cooker) really do work and they accelerate the break-in process tremendously. They also give the cables a work out that household appliances and simply time in situ do not.
Just a thought.
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At one time I was looking into that, then I decided I had enough of cables, and I was done with worrying about break in. 
My wine fridge contains 600 bottles of red wine which I use to break-in the power cords. It works really well in summer too. But some cables still need to play music for a different type of break-in as I found. Power cords also need more break in time than any other type of cables.
Actually your “cave” was specifically what I had in mind although I know others who use fans, regular refrigerators, anything that draws serious current and they defintely do speed up the process. A Cable Cooker is quicker and sweeps through frquencies that are specifically devised for break-in. Depending, even after cooking, the cable will need a few days to settle in. As I said, it was only a suggestion.
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That must be a year or more. Your aural memory must be astonishing!
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On the power conditioner or PZ that is on 24/7 it only takes a bit over two months. Not too long.
My system does and excellent job burning in cables. As the cables I buy are all endgame cables, a cable cooker is of little need for me. I don’t buy new cables very often. But for the lads who try this and try that, maybe…
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Just a bit of info to add to the cable cooker discussion. Yesterday, I received a pair of Alpha-X NR power cables from Shunyata Research. Included with each cable was a small card with the following instructions:
BURN-IN DEVICES!
This cable has been treated with KPIP, a proprietary process developed by Shunyata Research. DO NOT connect to a cable burn-in device.
DEGRADES PERFORMANCE AND SOUND QUALITY
I don’t know whether a well-designed cable cooker would actually cause any problems with new SR cables, but I’m using Al’s strategy of just playing my audio system to burn-in my new cables.
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A cable Cooker does something that isn’t possible during normal use. For example, the ground wire can also be burned in. The ground wire doesn’t carry any voltage during actual use. But it’s designed to divert interference such as RF and HF to ground. Schnerzinger uses a type of cable Cooker to bring the atoms in the conductor closer together, presumably by influencing the material’s structure. They call it atomic bonding. A cable snubber isn’t a bad thing. Donald, wait a bit and compare your excellent Zenwave cable again in a few weeks. I imagine Zenwave is more comparable to a Cloude Grande. According to ChatGPT, the Dream 20-20 has these smooth characteristics. A Dragon is more precise with transients. The Zenwave is a top-notch cable that doesn’t have to fear comparison. I think you’ll be well-positioned with your cable selection if you get the Diablo. That’s what I’m thinking too: I buy a new, expensive, supposedly better cable, and in the end, it doesn’t turn out as I expected. Sometimes different characteristics fit together like yin and yang.
It’s like cooking a dish. A little salt and pepper enhance the flavor, but too much of one ingredient ruins the whole thing.
I’m also concerned that a combination of the Dream 20-20 and my three Furutech Project V1s might sound too soft. Perhaps a Dragon in a system with the Project V1s wouldn’t be a bad choice for me. I’m considering a Cloude Grande as a replacement for the Dragon.
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Yes, the audiodharma Cable Cooker does allow for ground wire burn in but I had already sold mine before I knew about this. Someone I know who’s had a Cable Cooker for close on 20 years says the ground wire burn in does improve the cable’s sound after the process.
As for Shunyata, if they say don’t use a Cable Cooker then most decidedly do not.
It was back in 2015 but I got my Cable Cooker 2nd hand from Cabledyne and they had used it to burn in their receptacles and cables. I still have, like and use their Reference Silver USB cable.
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If manufacturers have already treated their cables in one way or another, I wouldn’t treat them with a different process. Synergistic Research also has its own process for cables and their fuses. Nordost also has a cable cooker, and Dave also make a burnin in his Zenwave cables. And yet, Donald has heard improvements even after so long. I don’t want to say anything wrong; from what I understand, Schnerzinger’s atomic bonding process takes weeks.
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Quite a few of my power cords took more than one week to stabilize their sound. These cords usually sounded better two weeks later, and many sounded even better one month later. The worst ones are the ones come with Furutech connectors (including ZenWave), without exception these cords need around 500 hours min. of burn in.
Dream 2020 sounded to me like it needs one or two more weeks more from my comparison today.
I hope I am not the only one who noticed this. 
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