While randomly browsing the internet as you do, I came across a message of great importance to us all.

Audio cables take a month or more to break in and sound their best, and winding them up can cause bad woo to undo all that good woo!

You have been warned!

http://www.mojo-audio.com...cables-and-components/ for the proof.
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Does anyone actually believe this stuff still?

HUH?

I tie mine into monkey braids so when I get to the top of the cliff I can be ready in moments.
 

I prefer boiling-in my studio. Having a kettle of pea soup bubbling in the sweet spot for 72 hours I achieve about 38% better acoustics as the steam levels the sound waves like oil levels the sea waves. That's because I don't want any break-ins in my studio.

Kalle, you made me spit out my Cheerios.

I always shine a torch down all my fibre optic cables before I use them to clean them out.

 
 
"Check periodically to see if you’re overloading power cables and adapters by touching both the wire and plug areas to detect if there’s any heat."
 
Such advice was surely available pre-internet, but back then you'd be able to look the guy in the eye and know he was nuts.
 
"During the first 25 hours of break-in, it’s quite common to have significant improvements in performance. This is why many manufacturers “cook” their products for a short time to make them sound more impressive right out of the package."
 
This is why every copy of SONAR is run for at least 25 hours prior to shrinkwrapping, so that it sounds 20-40% better when you install it.

Hey.... wait, I thought they were serious, I mean, the writer surely seemed serious..... then I read the posts here...... buffoonery.... buffoonery, it's all buffoonery.
 
Something seems a bit "off" when they started talking about dummy loads for "breaking in" the cables..... hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
I guess I've been doing it all wrong for all those years. Wrapping cords was done the quickest way possible. It was a long ride home.  Cram then in the locker and lets hit the road.
 
Aside from not pulling on the ends of the cables, as long as they are not tangled up too badly, I never saw, or heard where coiling them up was bad. You don't want to hang the flying cabinets from the connectors alone.... that could be some bad juju.
 
 
 
And now that I have a studio...... what do you mean "wind them up"?  They stay out and on the floor the entire time.
 

 
 
I get my good woo from my fuzz moo....
 

 
 
 
If I wanted some bad woo, I just use my Bad Horsie....
 

Guitarhacker
And now that I have a studio...... what do you mean "wind them up"?  They stay out and on the floor the entire time.

Tell them that "good" cables would prevent bum notes and mistakes from reaching the amps and are rewarded by being coiled neatly and put away in the cabinet.  Until then they can darn well live on the floor...!!
 
That really winds them up