Now, you don't think that going from 2m to 3m would change anything would you? Multiplying the (albeit miniscule) resistance by 1.5 wouldn't have anything to do with it? Not to mention change the impedance, and capacitance of those cables? And perhaps, the different length required a different route, requiring more or less distortion than the original? Or the fact that you use one "everyday" and thus it could possibly be oxidized or some other way damaged? Granted all of that stuff should produce a miniscule change, but it is more measureable than the change from "fresh" to "burned". And since Audioquest believes in burning in their cables, couldn't they pre-cook them before shipping them out? Well they adress that, when they say that the cable will revert to a "fresh" state when a signal is removed, so who do you believe then? The manufacturer of the cable, or the ones that sell the cable-burner? As an aside, when I saw Audioquest, it reminded me of this page:
http://www.audioholics.com/FAQs/Audioquest.html
Like I mentioned earlier, audiophiles believing it will work is called the placebo effect, it has nothing to do with being condescending, but actual science. Here is a link:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...acebo%20effect
When talking about audio, the placebo effect refers to the phenomenon when somebody believes a piece of equipment will sound different, they will notice a difference, even if there is no change. For example: You can have a button on a reciever to make it "sound better", but all it does is light an LED. If you do a test to see the effects of the button, a significant portion of the listeners will say it sounds better or worse, despite the fact that there's absolutely no change.
What annoys me is when people try to justify their purchase by saying other people can't hear as well as they can, which can be true, but in most cases is probably bs.