Driver breakin period, what’s the science?


So have these new speakers and been told they need a hundred hours to be broken in, and then sound will improve.

What’s going on as break in occurs?  More important for tweet, mid or bass?  
My initial listening has simple vocals/music passages sounding very good, and more complex and very layered sections that may have potential to improve.  
jumia

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Relative output of your driver's did not change more than a fraction of a db after the first few hours. The crossover points may have changed a very small amount.
Back in the day, we broke in studio woofers with a Crown DC-300 input pad plugged into the wall. Played 60Hz for at least 24 hours before swapping. Never measured for any level difference, but sonically, un-buzzed woofers sounded flat and lifeless. Old woofers were sent back for reconing. Mid/Tweet drivers could be reconed on site. Techs used to hang shredded diaphragms on the wall marked with the band / musician who blew them.

Note that the above speakers were abused and suffered mechanical failure. 

To the long break-in crowd:
Do you log listening room parameters Temperature, Pressure, Humidity, Line Voltage? see  ieLogical WinterBlues
How accurate is your level control? [Have you ever verified it?]
Have you verified the amp is operating at EXACTLY the same BIAS point?

My 35 year old speakers break-in CONTINOUSLY due to the above. The CBLF is infallible and contributes not...