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Re: I hate to say this but.....

What makes anyone think it stops at 100 hours, or 1000 hours, or 10,000 hours? Surely speakers like all other physical objects continue to undergo change over time. Are they audible? Is there an optimum time when they are ripe and then performance deteriorates? Why wouldn't a manufacturer "break in" his speakers at his factory so that they are ready to use when his customer buys them? It seems to me that would reduce the number of returns due to disappointment. It would also allow the manufacturer to control what his customer will get performance wise to be certain it meets his own criteria. Once the speaker leaves the factory, it is beyond his control. If you want to know whether it's your speakers being broken in or your ears, break them in when nobody is around to listen to them. And if you really want to find out, borrow a pair that haven't been broken in from the dealer and compare them to the ones you think you broke in.


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