You’ll get as many opinions as comments on this, my personal experience is most break in is between the ears, you get accustomed to the sound. President and designer of a speaker company told me that would be the case with his speakers as they are played for a couple of hours before shipping so I wouldn’t notice any mechanical changes. My opinion is it might take a few seconds to perhaps an hour for all the electronics in a component to " break in" of course it takes tubes a while to heat up but other than that I never think of or worry about break in but some say they can hear a fuse or a mains cable break in, I never have.
What is "break in" and what difference does it make? In amps? Preamps? Speakers? More?
Hi folks,
Newbie question. I read often about a break-in period for speakers, amps. Can someone explain what this means, technically and to the listener's ears?
Is there a difference in what one hears when it comes to speaker break-in vs. component break-in?
Are there levels (quality) where break-in makes no difference?
Thanks.
Newbie question. I read often about a break-in period for speakers, amps. Can someone explain what this means, technically and to the listener's ears?
Is there a difference in what one hears when it comes to speaker break-in vs. component break-in?
Are there levels (quality) where break-in makes no difference?
Thanks.