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MoFi 888 making me mad!

I’ll admit, I didn’t like them. Closed in, lacking highs and detail. Excess booming bass. What was all the hype about?

The dealer I bought them from told me they were a dealer’s demo pair and had plenty of time on the. 

I put them up for sale, but kept listening as I had some new vinyl to check out. In the meantime I ordered a different pair of speakers I heard at a dealer last week. 

And then the last 2 days.....
WTF? The highs suddenly opened up and the bass got a little tighter. The imaging was always, just ok, but now they are bringing some of the 3D effects with the sound more easily detaching from the speakers. I’m digging them now. I was confused, but then realized they couldn’t have been broke in. 

Can anyone else describe the break in they experienced with this speaker? 

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wolf_garcia
6,891 posts
 

I bought a pair of Pure Audio Project Duet 15 Horn 1 open baffle speakers (half open baffle anyway as the horn is a horn) last fall and they took a LONG time to break-in...the 15" neo powered Eminence woofers needed to loosen up which was not surprising as an Eminence 15 in a bass amp I have did the same. They sounded great all along anyway so that was a good thing...the issue with break-in is when you prefer the sound of un broken-in things and have to get replacements every couple of weeks...but ya do what ya gotta do!

velocityofhue
207 posts
 

My Thiel cs2.4 speakers took roughly 100-200 hrs to sound their best.  From what I've read though it's important to leave speaker cables alone during this process. Of course experiment on positioning / toe in 

mirolab
219 posts
 

It may also be the nature of the materials.  Paper cones, cloth surrounds.  These fibrous materials may need more break in than say, a plastic or metal cone which are more inert materials.   

I purchased a used pair of Cornwall IVs in October of 2024, only to find the manufacture date code on them to be 2024!  That tells me the the first owner barely gave them a chance.  I did notice a smoothing out and opening-up over the first few months, but I was also changing setup, and trying different amps, so it's hard to say how much of that was break in....  I do admit to not loving them for the first week or two, but now I really do love them!   I do however, also want a pair of Sourcepoint 10’s! 

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