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Is this a logical break in technique?

Background of theory; take 3 people (just to explain my point, if this is even a point) each listen to different types of music. One rock, one jazz and one classical-keep it simple, if each one of these people only listen to one particular type of music for the entire break in period, do the speakers remember the focal points in the freq range of that type of music. Because jazz can be light, rock can be heavy and classical can be both as can all the genres but one genres compared to the other are recorded with different end results in mind.

Basically would it be better to break in a pair of speakers with pink noise and run the tones at different db’s just to expose the speaker to different signals basically training the speaker to produce anything and everything.

Example:

I listen to Jazz for 1 year straight on the same system as my friend. at moderate levels

My friend listen to rock for 1 year straight on the same system.

Say we swap system but not genres would there be a sound difference? If yes then this theory might have something to it. If not I need to lay off the weed.
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aball
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Perhaps the domain spins will return to their quiescent state, and perhaps not. It would require a careful assessment of the relationship between the fixed magnetic field and the signal-carrying conductor to see if this is the case. I would suspect that some work on this has been done by speaker manufacturers to determine the shielding necessary to prevent any sort of interaction. Also, magnetic materials are tricky since they have residual flux whose value changes depending on the last circuit operating point - even if it is simply induced. This problem becomes very significant in large transformers where you can have a huge power surge when you bring one online if the residual flux level is high. Whether a fixed speaker magnet can have this problem enough to affect the sound is another matter...I suspect the woofer surround has a much larger impact than that at any rate.

Either way though, there is more to it than the speaker and there is no clear answer to the question! Fun to think about though.
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bigjoe
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bombaywalla & aball.

damm,did your heads swell up the size of watermellons to learn all this stuff or what,jesus i read both posts 10 times & i still dont understand a lick of it & i dont even smoke pot.

im not knockin what either of you guys said im just sayin its way over my fat head.

mike.
bowbow
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I am also with just listening to and enjoying them (as above). Stop driving yourself crazy. They'll break in if you use them.
brewed
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This non-scientific idiot (me) would like to suggest that if the speakers don't receive deep bass signals during break-in (or ever, for that matter), the surrounds won't loosen. Period.

As for the other drivers, it's all about breaking in the crossover components and wiring and the surrounds,isn't it? How can a hard dome tweeter know the diffence between a violin's F######### and Mariah Carey? Both will send you out of the room.
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bombaywalla
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willhiteb@bellsouth.net

you are correct - deep bass to loosen the woofer surround. other signals to break-in the xover & mid & tweeter surrounds.
Nobody is arguing THIS point. In fact, we are beyond this point.

what the originator of this thread would like to know is: would a music system sound different if it were broken in on ONLY Jazz or ONLY classical or ONLY rock & (after the break-in period) be asked to play other genres of music VS. a music system that was broken-in using mish-mash of all 3 genres & after the break-in period) be asked to play other genres of music?

Bigjoe: No! peg it to 2 EEs chating on a forum thread.
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