Hi @ryder , makes sense to me. I only hope that mine is good enough? Let’s see where this goes.
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Wow! Very nice 
First observation.
So, music playing now. Unfortunately (long story) I cannot play loud at the moment and nothing exuberant neither as it would disturb my partner. The timing is incredible! Like I said, long story. Hopefully I can in 2-3 days.
One thing I did notice when powering everything up for the first time, it was exceedingly quiet. Dead quiet and has remained this way.
I have been playing on repeat a few Pat Metheny albums as they are quite gentle, One Quiet Night and MoonDial.
I have to say that they sound wonderful. I only have the preamplifier volume level on ‘5’, that’s low. His baritone guitar sounds lovely. All the details are there that you would expect and it all sounds really natural.
Early days of course and much more material and genres to try.
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General question, does volume level make a difference when burning in new speaker 
cables?
I would assume the louder the volume, more current is travelling through the cables. Is this assumption correct?
Thanks peeps.
So, today is the first day that I decided to start listening in a serious manner. The system has been up and running for approximately 40 hours so far.
Here goes:
Livingston Taylor - Ink - 96kHz 24Bit
Gorgeous bass, nice natural timber to all instruments, acoustic guitar detail is all there as expected and there is a gorgeous tone to everything.
Background instruments are all clearly placed in their respective positions. There seems to be a correctness about it. Harmonica section is really lovely and sounds very natural but still with bite.
Diana Krall - Quite Nights - 96kHz 24Bit
Once again, a lovely tone to the instruments, very airy piano, piano keys sound very natural and there is a delicacy to them as well.
Not sure if this is my imagination but there seems to be a more ‘3-D ness’ about everything, placement of instruments, all in all a very enjoyable listen.
Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests - CD
Information overload in a good way, three instruments, three artists, the sound/music they are making is incredible. The CD mastering is ridiculously good. Tone once again of the piano, bass and drums in this case, simply wow. The reverb on the bass is absolutely fantastic and just seems correct.
Boz Scaggs - Dig - CD
It’s like the bass reverb hangs in the air slightly less, like the muddiness in a way has gone. I didn’t realise there was any there before. So this pop album is easier to listen to when everything is clearer, his voice and guitar is just lovely. Seems easier to hear the overall orchestration of the album.
Eva Cassidy - Eva By Heart - CD
As noted above, the bass seems cleaner so everything else is easier to hear and listen to. Boy, once she hits those high notes, not a grain of sibilance at all, just a big smile on my face whilst I’m listening to this album. Detail is vast for all the instruments playing however, in a good way.
Pat Metheny - One Quiet Night - CD
Wow, it’s incredible. His baritone guitar had real bite and you hear every slip, squeak and scratch that’s going on. Is timing better? I’m not really sure.
The last three albums were played quite loud and I wanted to go louder still. Just all very natural sounding and it was difficult to drag myself away from the sofa.
Dire Straits - On Every Street - CD
Guitars have real bite. Detail is incredible and the hi-hats have pinpoint accuracy and placement, cymbals when they are there are so clear. The tone of everything, his voice it’s all a pleasure to listen to. It’s like a level of dirt/distortion has been removed. There is an increased level of accuracy in detail and it’s somehow easier to listen to all this extra information. Especially so when bass notes are present.
I wasn’t aware that there was or is any distortion currently in my set up. I have not moved speaker position at all and of course the hardware is unchanged.
Regarding ‘on every street’, that’s the best I have ever heard that played back home on my system. This album gets played a hell of a lot in this house.
Sorry for my ramblings above and the lack of ‘HiFi’ terms.
I think I’ll go classical tomorrow, cello and violin pieces.
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