[BrunoB]

At 75 deg F, my speakers (626R) sound wonderful (very sweet). At 65 they don't. I have to let my speakers warm up 24 hours at a room temperature of 70 to 75 to have a smooth sound, otherwise, they sound aggressive. I have noticed this effect several time. And it is not related to  the electronics. Any explanation?

Bruno

[Florian]

See what High End can do to you?

   

[John Casler]

At 75 deg F, my speakers (626R) sound wonderful (very sweet). At 65 they don't. I have to let my speakers warm up 24 hours at a room temperature of 70 to 75 to have a smooth sound, otherwise, they sound aggressive. I have noticed this effect several time. And it is not related to  the electronics. Any explanation?

Bruno

While I'm not saying this is so, I have heard that some place a small heat lamp on their phono cartridge to "warm it up".  That is, some beleive that a warm stylus and cantilever system perform in a more fluid fashion than a cold one.

Maybe the Neodynium performs better when it is warmed up.

That would be interesting

[meilankev]

Bruno,

I have no clue what could bring about the situation you have noticed, but my RM40s sit right next to the monoblocks that are driving them.  And since each monoblock has 14 exposed tubes each, and I keep them on 24/7, my speakers are never lacking for warmth - well, at least not temperature wise.  Warmth is never a term I've used to describe their sound.

Kevin

[audiochef]

Yes it,s true . Mids do tend to sound a little hard-(HI Fi) when below 60f in my set up.

However their great for  rock this way. None the less their still better than most other speakers, just sensitive and we VMPSers can discern the minor differences.

Were perfectionest

[BrunoB]

Yes it,s true . Mids do tend to sound a little hard-(HI Fi) when below 60f in my set up.

However their great for  rock this way. None the less their still better than most other speakers, just sensitive and we VMPSers can discern the minor differences.

Were perfectionest

Thanks Audiochef.  I was also thinking about the mid panels. Mine are pretty new and might not be completely broken in.
These are quasi-ribbons. The temperature might affect how the thin plastic sheet that supports the flat metal conductor flexes.
In my setup, the difference of sound is major, may be because most of the midrange - treble hardness coming from the room is already removed.

I remember that my previous speakers, Ascend Acoustics CBM 170 , also did sound harder at lower temperature.  I think that the cause is similar: the rubber surround of the dynamic drivers were not flexible enough at lower temperature.


Bruno

[audiochef]

Indeed temps of drivers and everything else certainly all come into play.

  However people tend to overlook (extremely important) factor.

Your mood!

Certainly there are  no other speaker I know of  which has better cure for this minor inconveniance than Vmps I simpy play ANY type of music problem cured. No B.S
Thanks Brian, Hi-Fi wouldn't be the same without you !

STAN

[audiochef]

Bruno,
what caps are you using?
Regardless, it,s more than breaking in. It,s many hours of tweaking, tweaking,and refinefent.

I,m using Auricaps. I love it . some may disagree about a long break in, I definately benefitted from breakin about a  year. Could be my  imagination , however I would love to compete with many of the mega systems (complex)  as they may be. I,m sure their good, but anytime.

It,s all about simplicity and synergy.

Stan