Thinking of  getting a Frybaby to handle the burn in process, which is pain if you play around with cables. Any ideas??


shreekant

Matchstikman, if there is anything I hae learned about this hobby, it is that I never stop learning. I, too, have tin ears, and now after decades of open-air motoring, loud music, and a significant case of tinnitus, I know my ears are not what they used to be. But I think I enjoy my music more because I hae learned to listen better. Learning to listen and train the brain has made a big difference for me. When I was younger, with better ears, I discerned amplifier differences much less effectively. Now, I can swap power cables, ICs, ad of course tubes and hear quite the difference. Heck, I now have eight different copies of Blues Breakers just to hear the differences.

Now, I doubt I will run out and buy a FryBaby, just because I have other places to spend $249, but one testimonial's reference to Grover Huffman cables did catch my eye. Grover knows how to build cables, and if this thing can actually improve cable burn-in significantly on something that well-made, it might be worth it. And I did see a favorable reference to it in a 6 Moons review of a different piece of equipment.

Shreekant, thanks for the suggestion. My plan was that this last interconnect (a Reality Cables, on the way to me, mostly burned in on a cable cooker) will be my last cable purchase for some time. I just need one IC in my main system, as my three sources feed my Preamp/DAC via digital cabling. I've spent a fortune on power cords, hopefully I don't need more. I don't think I need a Frybaby in the near future.

I sort of enjoy "burn-in" if that makes sense. I see it as a sort of "ear-training" and the sense of discovery is fun.

Glad that this works so well for you!