I'll be the first to admit that I haven't listened to *any* of these high priced cables and I guess in a way that makes my opinion invalid to some degree. Having said that I still am *very* skeptical that these cables are able to appreciably offer cleaner signal transmission from one quality brand or model to another.

Two more points I'd make:

1) Burn in? What the heck is that? Do these cables actually heat up so much that they change their chemical composition or what? This phenomenon alone seems dubious at best.

2) What about all those plain copper wire interconnects within the amps / receivers? The theoretical limit of any cables ability to transmit a signal would still only allow the signal to arrive just at left, no better, no worse. Everything else is distortion.

Once again, IMHO.

Tim