How much burn-in for Soliloquy 5.3s


Hi,

I recently purchased a demo pair of Soliloquy 5.3s, which I figured might have enough hours on them (dealer said he thought they had about 50 hrs) to sound reasonably good out of the box. Wrong! They sound absolutely horrible; very compressed, bass muddy and distant, treble subdued to the point of being almost not existant. At one point I actually thought the tweeter was nonfunctional since I could barely hear any extension at all. I hope I didn't make a big mistake. Anyway, I am hoping that folks out there with experience with these might be able shed some light (sound!) on what I can expect.
cody_the_cat

Showing 1 response by mrfastguy250aol

I would agree partially with everyone here.
However i would go one step further,, and say even longer than 500 ;-(
I left them on for days and days and days,, well, you get the picture.
There really is no reason for this,, i got tired of them hurting my ears, so i bought a pair of Nautilus 804's

Well,, wouldnt you know it, i shelved them when the N804's arrived,, several months later my friend wanted to hear them,, they werent impressive still,, but as we sat in the other room with them playing,, we noticed, "wow those sound really good in the other room"
I dont know how or when or what, but somehow they finally broke in.
I would say they are worth the wait,, after you have waited,,,,

I noticed upper moderate volume levels accellerated their break in.

Good luck.