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Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats?

I ordered new Neo ribbon midrange panels for my VMPS FF3SRE and they shipped today so I got to thinking...
I have never purchased a higher end speaker new so I wonder if there is a quicker breakin for Planar and Electrostat models because of the very different mechanical properties, I dont remeber ever reading this topic so curious what others think. I have owned sealed, ported, transmission line, Planars and Electrostats but again never a brand new quality model.
I also had the all crossovers upgraded so thats another issue with breakin but as far as the drivers what do you guys think? Thanks for entertaining me.
chadnliz
don_s
271 posts
 
Remember that the crossover components need burn-in time.
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
I know, it was burned in by VMPS but surely needs more time in my system, just curious about the drivers themselves....slow news day!
norton
83 posts
 
I don't believe in "speaker break-in".
lightminer
164 posts
 
Norton - with Magnepans at least you can take a Radio Shack SPL meter and measure the falloff at a certain level of input in bass, and 3 months later the response curve is different. I don't know as much about cone speakers and personal experience with breakin but I can say scientifically that the Maggie 3.6s sound *very* different on 1st day and 3 months later. And, as I said, I can verify this with instruments and graphs.
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
and that is of use how Norton?
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