Question for the scientifically minded amongst you. How does burn-in actually change the sound of a speaker? I always thought that the concept of audio gear burn-in was more audiophile mumbo jumbo but a recent experience with new speakers has changed my mind. They’ve gone from overly bright ear drum scrapers to sounding great after burning in.

  • deepeeleee@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    So do they put demo speakers on for a constant 100hrs before letting anyone listen?

    • jonnymars@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The manufacturer of these particular speakers does burn them in before demoing them yep. I doubt every hifi store does though.

    • LosterP@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      They obviously get used for a fair bit of time, by staff first and then demoing to customers.

    • HuckleberryReal9257@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yup. One trick I heard was to put them facing each other and wire out of phase. The idea being that they work harder against the air pressure from the opposing speaker and breaking in quicker