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Originally Posted by VP Electricity
Gotta disagree with you on this. Various drivers change their behavior to different degrees after some amount of playing. Morel MT-12 smooth out a lot after a couple of hours, and Dynaudio get louder.
Some tweeters get louder, some get softer, some don't change. When you think about the suspension components in a speaker, it only makes sense. Woofers act the same way. I've seen woofers get 3-4dB louder after 4 hours of playing.
I don't go around looking for ways that I agree with Cranman, but as an audiophile who has also been installing speakers for two decades, I'm not going along with that one.
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I just don't like questionable advertising. Advertising a "break-in period" IMO is one of the greatest marketing ploys as far as audio sales go. It helps prevent someone from returning a set of speakers he/she doesn't like.
Taken directly from Morel's website, "They [the speakers] are all assembled by hand and
extensively tested - undergoing seven different quality tests - to ensure they meet the highest standards." (emphasis added). The speakers are tested throughout their entire frequency range before they leave the factory, meaning each speaker has already seen the extremes of movement and cage flex.
Again, I understand the theory that a speaker might conform to a particular "broken-in" configuration after a given usage time. However, again, would one be able to hear a difference in the cabin of a car like an e9x with road noise?...I doubt it.