Conventional drivers have components made of materials that move, bend, and flex. I can't see how anyone would not think that those materials would have a break-in period. How long that period is, and how big an impact that makes in the grand scheme of things, is much more problematic. But I tend to agree with the poster who said that if you don't like it when hearing it new, the chances are you won't love it once it's broken in.
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This, of course, is a varient to the power cord threads, where many people cannot hear differences. And if you read very carefully, the same " few " continue to show up, and imo, show ignorance in listening ability, and making claims, again, that for the rest of us, the majority, it is " all in our heads ". I simply ignore these folks now. |
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I agree. It's like a car salesman. If they can get you inside the car and take it for a test drive, or let you take it home and drive it for a couple days, a sale is more probable. I do think there may be a slight break in for speakers, but I also wonder how much we adapt to the new sound. It would be interesting to compare a used pair of speakers with a brand new pair on the same system and see if you could tell the difference. |
when I got my von Schweikerts, speaker break-in was real for me. When I first played them "out of the boxes" I was disappointed but expected them to need to be played a while. Took about 400 hours to really come into their own. lots of congestion and lack of detail originally, nothing like what I heard at the dealers |
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