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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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kenjit
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break in cant be measured its not real
kenjit
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so i was right. burn in is a hoax
kenjit
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 I set up the new pair with the help of my dealer and they sounded horrible
Theres no way they could sound horrible as a result of not being broken in. Its more likely they remained sounding horrible but you just learned to live with it. When are you going to upgrade them if you haven't already?
kenjit
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@hshifi 

Whether it can be measured is not the issue. The question is how significant is it if its audible? There are many more problems that can ruin the sound of a speaker and people that focus on things like cables and break in of drivers dont realize that. How about custom tuning the speakers with a bit of equalization? How about retuning the crossover? I tend to agree with what Harbeth wrote.

If you dont like what youre hearing its very unlikely that break in has anything to do with it. Has the OP bothered to retune the crossover to see how that sounds? If not, why not?
kenjit
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They are the best speakers I’ve ever owned!!!!
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