@mclinnguy The dealer told me they were his demo speakers. It's possible they weren't broke in yet. I played them for maybe 40-50 hours before sending back. In retrospect, and after reading your impressions I might have been hasty in returning them.
Do speakers need to be re-broken in?
Just purchased a set of speakers which have sat for quite while- 5 years from what I am told. I have heard the differences between new "tight" speakers drivers and a broken in pair, where the bass gets deeper and the speaker "breathes" better and sounds more open, and clear and resolves better, you know- just sounds better all-around.
I haven’t witnessed this personally in my own home in over a decade, and that was with planar drivers and not conventional cones, which this set has, but regardless of speaker technology I believe it is well understood this is a necessary process and manufacturers agree and suggest this- so not looking for any arguments there please.
But I would think used, or already broken in speakers would not do go through this process, but my ears are telling me they are getting better, so contrary to my assumption perhaps they do need re-breaking in? Anyone else gone through this?
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@mclinnguy I'm glad that you're finally happy with the Horning Eufrodites. Will be interesting if you can share how they compare with your other babies -- the Maggies :) I've recently added a pair of nice, and very fast, subwoofers to support my 3.7i's. Tried a few subs but very few can keep up with Magnepan tweeters. I think I've finally found something that does not take away anything from the 3.7is.
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@mclinnguy Apologies, didn't mean to hijack your Horning thread. But it will still be interesting to learn more about how they compare to Magnepans at some point. |