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Can speakers sound worse during break-in period?

I purchased a NOS pr of speakers ( I’m not disclosing their name. Not interested in hearing from their haters) and was really liking them before I started to seriously break them in. It seems like after 24 hours they seem to have changed and sound worse, or not as good as they did. Are they just going through changes with some drivers opening up faster than the others? I know there are many components involved in this process and some might be a head of the others. I’m assuming that’s the case and when everything comes together they will sing.
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Huge yes, I heard a huge difference from the first 10 hours until 200 hours, and 300 hours.

 They are much more punchy now, deep, midrange is flawless,  
    Amps, speakers, preamps, CD players, all get better after a couple hundred hours.
capacitors warmed up, I always turn my stereo on the night before, and let everything warm up before critical listening

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