Myth of break in period for speakers

Bill Ayotte

Face wrote: »

If I can find a pair of D700's, D900's, or System/DMT 15's, for a good price, I'll probably sell mine. I'll keep you in mind.

Nice, I need some floor standers.

McLoki

I purchased my LSi15's used and my LSiC new. They did not really seem to voice or any other match at all when I first got them. You would have sworn that they were 2 different brands of speakers. (even my non-audio wife mentioned "are you sure those speakers are supposed to go together?")

After a few weeks of listening and ever since, they seemed to match very well.

Proof enough for me.

Michael

Dave38

Does Polk recommend a break-in procedure for the LSi-15's?

reeltrouble1

All speakers experience break in until they are broke.

Just play some music through them, after a while they sound better, until of course the day comes when they break. Then they are totally broke-in, except we say broken.

RT1

bigaudiofanatic

I have had my monitor 40's for about a week now they have changed there sound the highs dont sound as horny as they did. THERE IS A BREAK IN

wirebill

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

I have had my monitor 40's for about a week now they have changed there sound the highs dont sound as horny as they did. THERE IS A BREAK IN

Horny? What are you feeding these speakers?

LuSh

I find it almost impossible to comprehend how people DON'T think break-in occurs during a speakers life cycle. A speaker is the most mechanical process in the entire audio chain when reproducing sound. I think the nay sayer's have either A. Not experienced enough quality audio to really understand. B have read one person's theory against speaker break in (these people usually are against source first, cables, isolation devices etc etc) C. Have not spoken with anybody in the actual speaker industry.

Many of the worlds best drivers are designed and assembled in Denmark. Just imagine a company able to produce an optimum driver configuration which never required break-in. I think it would be a real advantage over the competition; most of the Scandinavian driver manufactures outsource their products to other speaker manufactures; there are no benefits to the actual designers to have 'break-in' as they don't directly sell to the public. Break in is often regarded to an industry burden instead of a conspiracy to force the public to keep the speakers they've bought.

RuSsMaN

Just FYI, the VM30's that are making the rounds right now were in almost constant change up to 100 hours, and they finally settled in (stop changing) around 250. (Yes, I logged it). Tweeter brightness subsided greatly after 20 hours, and leveled out around 60 hours. The midrange blossomed around 100 hours, and bass didn't make itself known until close to 200 hours.

Cheers,
Russ

avguytx

So when I get these speakers, they will pretty much be close to their prime, huh? Cool...

RuSsMaN

Yes, they are ready to roll.

SKsolutions

MOM . . . . . . .does this thread smell funny?

shakedog2011

Frank Z wrote: »

Sorry, never have bought into the manufacturer's published hype. Moot point actually, if you want to believe it and it makes you feel better about your purchase...then thats all that matters.

No...actually it isn't. If there is a significant change in the quality of the sound, then your speaker choice could very well matter when it comes to arguing break-in.

One simple argument. If speakers can sound better after a certain period of break-in, then I'm confident a single case would exist where broken-in speakers sounded better than non broken-in speakers, then it would matter very much indeed.

I based my speaker purchase on a ton of research I've been doing over several years now. I fired up my new mains for the first time the other night and I was easily able to identify the sound characteristics that the read online in a good forum post and I fully expect the overall quality to improve drastically over time. Many other online articles that were written by well-known audiophiles within the audio community have also confirmed what I should expect.

Face it, there are people that appreciate the more advanced theory behind what makes an excellent speaker and then there are the people who do not do their due diligence but because they have listened to speakers for such and such number of years, they feel they are qualified to discredit the claim.

But at least most of us can agree on one thing....Polk is ahead of the curve and they are one amazing speaker manufacturer in terms of value, quality, and performance to name a few.

dorokusai

That's a pretty good post. I believe that the sound can change over time and regardless of the theory or science behind it, the fact is that it changed to the listener...which for the individual, is all that matters. No one else matters in that equation or opinion.

shakedog2011

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

I believe CP covered the amp thing about five years ago. We are progressive.

If aging has effect on matter
and speakers are formed of matter
then aging has effect on speakers


Be careful when playing in the fast lane of the Highway.

RT1

Nicely done friend.

shakedog2011

johnADA wrote: »

For the majority of posts, I would concur!!!!

Asking what is the best is absurd at best. There is no best!!!! There are a awful lot of OPINIONS as to whats best and even those are very subjective. 2 speakers, 2 different companies, same drivers from a 3rd party, which most are, using the same box sizes, same port sizes and materials and youve got these are better because they cost 10 times more, OK!!!!

Most every post is subjective in nature at best outside problem ones.
Its subjective with many reasons from monies spent, how in depth of a Audiopile you believe you are and so on!!! For every pro, there is always a con on EVERYTHING thats posted.
Common sense is thrown right out the window in audio and video forums, right out the window!!!
There is not one thing I have ever bought that didnt settle or change in one way to another, nor anybody else. Which side of the fence do you want to sit on????

Stupid argument at best!!!

Nicely said. And yet as I read this thread in chronological order....the battle still wages on.

shakedog2011

zombie boy 2000 wrote: »

I like to think of it as "hyper-detailed".

Try a Bi-wire configuration with Asian elephant s@it slathered cables juicing the tweeter and fossilized duck-billed platypus dung feeding the woofers.

Steve, we're talking Audio Nirvana.

I hate it but I'm going to use it anyway: lol