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Do speakers have to "warm-up" too?

i warm up my amplifiers for 30 minutes before listening (everything else is on "standby" all the time), but i strongly feel that
the (first) cd i have on sounds (much) better (fuller, more open sounding) towards the end than it did at the start. i get this impression time after time. my speakers are broken in of course, but (perhaps) they become more compliant, or the voice coils warm up (?) i'm not an engineer, but it makes sense that speakers reach a sort of "equilibrium" after playing music for a given period of time. otoh, of course, my ears could be "adjusting" to the sound, and/or the effect could be largely psychological. does anyone else have this experience or feel the same way i do?
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perfectionist
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Good question. I've never seen or heard of a speaker manufacturer talk about "warm up time." It makes sense to me, but I tend to agree with Beavis that the amps, and possibly the pre (provided your using a pre)(and even with standby mode), are still warming up.
Especially if your running large monoblocks.
Of course, I only listen to music whilst sipping my favorite beverage.
And the more I sip, the better it sounds (usually). ;-)
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