David Harper
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As mentioned more than once previously in this thread if they do "break in" why should they sound better rather than worse? One would think that a new firm tight rubber surround on a woofer would sound better than an older softened loosened relaxed one wouldn't one? Same goes for a new stiff cone. This sounds like just another thing that some audiophiles overthink and obsess about. Like wires. If they do break in, so what? If they don't, so what? Most likely it's our hearing that breaks in. In any case it would be something we have no control over. Seems like our hearing is too subjective for things like this to matter. After listening to my Polk Rtia5 speakers for maybe ten years I bought a new pair of B&W speakers, brought them home and listened for a day, hated them, packed them back up in the boxes and returned them to the showroom. The guy I bought them from was visibly annoyed that I didn't like the sound. I didn't say they sounded sh!tty only that I didn't like them. The Polk's had a very smooth laid back sound which I had surely gotten used to and the B&W speakers sounded loud, harsh, bright and unlistenable (to me). Maybe if I had kept them for a few months I would have come to like them. Who knows. This is the thing about the subjectivity of audio. Maybe if Abe Lincoln was here he would say "your system sounds just about as good as you've decided it sounds".