First new set of main speakers in 23 years. Opinions on break in for speakers? Is it real, and if so how long do you recommend? Do you have any specific methods?
First new set of main speakers in 23 years. Opinions on break in for speakers? Is it real, and if so how long do you recommend? Do you have any specific methods?
I watched an interview with a Sennheiser audio engineer and he laughed at the idea of break in. He said it would be ridiculous for Sennheiser to sell headphones that will sound different in 50-100 hours.
Later on in the interview they spoke with Dan Clark and he has a wall where he burns in drivers before he matches them.
So it seems like burn in is real but it’s done by the manufacturer, maybe cheaper gear doesn’t get burned in. I still burn in all of my gear just in case though.
Exactly this.
It makes sense that it is real, but the differences are so tiny that nobody can hear any difference. So if you hear burn in, it’s your imagination.
It wouldn’t make sense for DCA to spend time and resources on burn in if it did absolutely nothing, but they’re also aiming for 0.25dB driver matching which is quite extreme.