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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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tgrisham
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Audioholics did an interesting piece on measuring cone movements and frequency responses with and without break in.

http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/loudspeakers/SpeakerBreakIn.php

Their conclusion: no difference. But, it still comes down to the "objectivists vs. the subjectivists" argument. Your ears and brain are the only important criteria.
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