so their cooking cables now. . .

[kaseaman]

Hey all,
I just found something pretty darn funny on audiogon and thought I should share click Here to read it. I mean come on, I can not believe anyone would actually beliieve that a cable could be burned in using a "cable cooker." Please, can someone please tell me what the hell a cable cooker is. . . and how can you cook a cable? interesting stuff. .

 

[jaxvon]

A "Cable Cooker" is a device that is designed to "break in" or "burn in" your cables quickly, with some kind of signal, so that you don't have to take 100 hours to do it with music. Yes, it's complete BS. And yes, some people pay for it.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Hey all,
I just found something pretty darn funny on audiogon and thought I should share click Here to read it. I mean come on, I can not believe anyone would actually beliieve that a cable could be burned in using a "cable cooker." Please, can someone please tell me what the hell a cable cooker is. . . and how can you cook a cable? interesting stuff. .

Ain't this hobby fun? We have our own psychics

 

[Resident Loser]

Many things...

...go hand-in-hand in this hobby...

But, for the life of me, I can't unnerstand why someone would "cook" "cryo-treated" cables?...why "burn-in"* something you paid a premium for someone to freeze?

*For those who may not know, the term "burn-in", while quite legitimate, is actually the period of time it takes for something to fail...Somehow, in audiospeak and it's reliance on psuedo-science and misappropriation of jargon, it's gotten turned around to mean something completely different...

jimHJJ(...my apologies to those who know this...)

 

[Sleestack]

Hey all,
I just found something pretty darn funny on audiogon and thought I should share click Here to read it. I mean come on, I can not believe anyone would actually beliieve that a cable could be burned in using a "cable cooker." Please, can someone please tell me what the hell a cable cooker is. . . and how can you cook a cable? interesting stuff. .

I believe Nordost actually now requiring their distributors to buy one of those cookers. Doesn't make sense to me.



On a side note..... if you are going to make fun of people for stupid things like that, do you really want to be spelling "they are," "their?"

 

[gene]

Personally I'd rather be cooking up a nice T-Bone

 

[RMK!]

Personally I'd rather be cooking up a nice T-Bone

Yes, but a pair of those Nordost’s slightly blanched would make an exellent side dish

 

[furrycute]

Will my $30 microchip controlled rice cooker properly cook these precious cables?

 

[MacManNM]

The Cryo thing works great for razors, there is a place in Minn, that treats the razors, makes them last 10x longer.

So maybe if you cryo youer cables, they get stronger, then you can use them to hang your equipment too. Dual purpose.

See, there is a logical reason for everything

 

[mtrycrafts]

So maybe if you cryo youer cables, they get stronger, then you can use them to hang your equipment too. Dual purpose.

See, there is a logical reason for everything

But then you have to treat the component so the plugs in the component are strong enough to support the weight, won't pull out of the component. You would kill two birds with this, eliminate need for isolation platforms

 

[Spiffyfast]

I am so going to go grab all of my cables and throw them in the microwave, can I cook then 10 times faster doing that?

 

[nav]

The Cryo thing works great for razors, there is a place in Minn, that treats the razors, makes them last 10x longer.

So maybe if you cryo youer cables, they get stronger, then you can use them to hang your equipment too. Dual purpose.

(Me responding to jokes literally: ) "Real" cryo treatment is simply a re-quenching of poorly heat treated steel (as is the "junk steel" used in all mass market replacement razor blades). It doesn't make the steel tougher (more resistant to breaking), just harder (more resistant to wear). It won't work the same at all on non-steel alloys and metals; steel, basically, reacts in a completely opposite fashion from many alloys and metals to rapid cooling (quenching make it get harder) and to slow cooling (annealing makes it get softer).

 

[racquetman]

cable cooker has a nice ring to it

The next time I see someone doing something of questionable intelligence I think I'll call him a "cable cooker." It has a nice flow to it. I'm always looking for new ways to insult people, and I think this is a good one. It kind of reminds me of the movie The Jerk - Die gas pumper!! Instead my version will be Nice going, cable cooker!!

It would be all the more funny if one of you guys where there to hear me say it and we both broke into hysterical laughter. That's my dream

 

[hopjohn]

Cryogenically treated??!!...hmm wonder if they will outlast Ted Williams.

 

[jaxvon]

This is a great review of the cable cooker. It makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

And here's an awesome quote from the Cable Cooker FAQ:

Does longer conditioning time mean better performance? Can I over-Cook my cables? Will they be damaged?

Over-Cooking can reduce the performance, at least temporarily. The characteristics of this are a reduced or diminished soundstage and a dull, lifeless quality to the music. If this situation occurs, merely letting the cables physically rest, and settle, then putting them back in the music system to play for a few hours brings them back to their optimal performance level. Over-Cooking does NOT do any damage to the cabling whatsoever. Again, incremental listening tests are highly recommended to avoid over-Cooking one’s cables.

See? You've gotta be really careful to not overcook your cables...or say goodbye to your soundstage!

 

[Takeereasy]

Things I learned from review:

1. I am an iconoclast.

2. What iconoclast meant. (One who destroys sacred religious images)

3. There is a "Pro" version of the cable cooker.

4. Cables need to be cooked every 3 or 4 months.

5. I have a new respect for "white van" speaker owners.

I was left with one question though. How do I know when my cables are done? Should they be thoroughly cooked or is al dente preferable? I can only hope that my poor cables can forgive me for not cooking them and thereby not allowing them to perform far better than they possibly could based merely on scientific principles and and design limitations.

 

[furrycute]

$700 for a sine wave generator. I really do wonder how that guy is able to fall asleep at night.

 

[MDS]

All this talk of cable cooking and yet not one mention of seasoning. Surely cooking the cables to the proper temperature is not enough if you don't also give them a heavy dose of salt and pepper.

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

I really do wonder how that guy is able to fall asleep at night.

The coke makes him kinda sleepy after 36 hours of banging the $2500 hooker on the hood of his 911 Turbo.

 

[Dan Banquer]

Cable Cookers

You guys are missing out on something really special here. You gotta cook with chicken fat: the hell with the cholestorol, it gives those cables a special flavor, and the music a touch of Schmaltz. Thank you Grandma!
Seriously: the next time you meet up with one of those folks who believe in this crap ask them if they have ever heard of cable "burn out". If they say no then play'em for all their worth.
d.b.