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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.  
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jjss49
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i stand by my comments i made earlier that break in is real, and can be substantial in higher res systems

that been said, if you get new speakers and really don’t like the sound, it is unlikely the sound after breaking in will magically please you - usually the impact of break in is slightly more bass richness and speed, smoother treble, more openness in the lower treble and midrange

there will not wholesale changes to the sonic nature of the speaker
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jjss49
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significant difference

components in the crossovers, driver surrounds esp mids and bass

the better the speaker and the more resolving the system is, the more this can be noticed, happens over the first 100 hrs at least... for mine, changes were noticeable up for 300-400 hrs...

this is significant... those who say no just don’t know...
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