If there is one subject that causes cries of derision from mainstream journalists, it is loudspeaker break-in, whereby audiophiles reports changes in a speaker's sound quality from new, reaching a plateau after what may as few as a couple of hours of playing music to over 100 hours.
When I was preparing Paul Messenger's report on this subject in the November issue (p.18), in which French researchers offer a mechanism for speaker break-in, therefore, I expected to receive a lot of feedback.
I haven't heard from anyone! So, do you all find speaker break-in to be real?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
If there is one subject that causes cries of derision from mainstream journalists, it is loudspeaker break-in, whereby audiophiles reports changes in a speaker's sound quality from new, reaching a plateau after what may as few as a couple of hours of playing music to over 100 hours.
When I was preparing Paul Messenger's report on this subject in the November issue (p.18), in which French researchers offer a mechanism for speaker break-in, therefore, I expected to receive a lot of feedback.
I haven't heard from anyone! So, do you all find speaker break-in to be real?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile