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Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired

I own a pair of Wilson Benesch Square 5's and have had them hooked up as a single wire connection for the past year until recently when I had my speaker cables re-terminated to be bi-wired. The question I have and I do realize that the cables themselves need time to break in, but do the terminals themselves and any associated electronics in the speakers also need break in time due to the wiring change ?     
garebear
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onhwy61
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Assuming you were using the loudspeakers with jumpers when connected to your non-bi-wire cables, then no additional break-in will occur to the loudspeaker when switching to biwire cables.
garebear OP
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OnHhy61 - you are right and that answers that one ! It just taken soo long for the '' new '' bi-wiring to break in.  
jl35
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many feel single cable with jumpers sounds better than internal bi-wire
garebear OP
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I will let you know on that one  -  I have heard the same but did I listen ...No !  
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shadorne
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Makes no difference. New or old wires. Break in is not needed for wires and for speakers we are talking may be a few hours if anything at all. My drivers are stress tested before installation - so break in is not needed at all.

If your speakers need a long break in then it suggests the drive motors are insufficient and the surround and spider compliance is way too high (bad design).
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