Do Speakers Break In?

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Do Speakers Break In?
« on: 7 Jul 2025, 02:37 pm »
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Re: Do Speakers Break In?
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 11:07 am »
I agree with you, they break-in yes. Hundreds of hours no, not in my experience anyway. The last speakers I got was meant to take 150 hours plus, I have to say I could not hear anymore noticeable difference past about 29 hours.

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Re: Do Speakers Break In?
« Reply #2 on: Today at 11:48 am »
I had speakers that I put back in their boxes because after many hours in two different systems I still didn't like them, but when thru circumstances behind my control I was forced to use them for over several hundreds of hours they suddenly broke in and sounded like the reviews about them.  Now of course one might say that I simply got used to them, but I have multiple pairs of other speakers to compare to that sound very different and my impressions didn't change after switching out to other speakers.  Additionally I don't seem to need much break in at all when I buy used speakers, maybe an hour or two to settle in after being moved, it takes longer to get their placement correct.  So yes, long break in for speakers.

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« Reply #3 on: Today at 01:27 pm »
Because there are so many diverse opinions on the length of speaker [and component] break-in for those who acknowledge the existence of it, I've concluded that our brains operate differently to identify, accept, and process sonic changes over time. For instance, even if speaker break-in took hundreds of hours, I'm not going to wait that long, so I give it a few hours. This process works well for me, but that's consistent with my typical patience tolerance with nearly everything else outside of audio.

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Re: Do Speakers Break In?
« Reply #4 on: Today at 02:13 pm »
Magnepan said 75 hours for my 1.6's to break in and they were spot on.

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Re: Do Speakers Break In?
« Reply #5 on: Today at 03:20 pm »
This is great, keep em coming.  I appreciate all the input. 

I hear a break-in after just a few hours with my speakers and beyond that I don't notice anything changing. 

I do believe that when a system has not been used for a while, that there is another break-in needed for the components to settle in again.  At least 300 hours!   :wink:

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