"Mr.T" MrT@home wrote in message
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Any thoughts on what's presented in this link?
http://www.gr-research.com/burnin.htm
Most of it is utter ********.
Agreed, so why why do you then say.....
A driver does indeed 'loosen up' a bit in the first few hours of use
however
with most likely the greatest effect in the low bass. See their results
for Fs.
A little like 'running in' a car engine.
Most of the changes happen in the first few seconds, and tend to reverse
themselves when the speaker is not used for a while.
But back to the claim that the posted URL points to ********.
Let's take some opening paragraphs:
"Typical observations regarding speaker burn in involves an opening up or
relaxing of the presentation."
Well its true among a few audiophiles, its not a reliably observable effect,
and most people don't notice this sort of thing unless they are "educated"
to.
" Vocals will appear less strained or congested."
********, what little that happens is in the bass.
"The sound smooths out."
If anything happens, the bass becomes less smooth.
"Bass response appears cleaner, tighter, less distorted, and even deeper."
Pretty much the opposite of what happens.
"These same observations are reported day in and day out by people all over
the world and is very consistent."
Well yes, the evangelists of the break-in myth have pretty well spread all
over the world. But the consistency is not there because break-in is mostly
only discussed among high end audiophiles.
"Still there are those who claim that it is the listener that does the
burning in as one gets used to the sound."
Mainly because this is the far stronger effect.
"Funny thing is that if a speaker has a bright, edgy, or fatiguing sound to
it, you will be more fatigued the longer that you listen to it not less
fatigued the longer you listen."
A true statement, but mostly irrelevant to break-in. I've never seen a
speaker stop being bright or edgy due to true physical break-in. The highs
are pretty much unaffected by break in.