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.
It doesnt take that long and usually drivers have been used and tested before being sold in a speaker. 5-10 minutes was enough for my dads new speakers to go from horrible to normal so those have probably never even been tested. Speaker designers know parameters change over time so they always design with and test new designs with “burned in” drivers. (Probably not hundreds of hours but a few at least)
But no if you dont like a speaker after a few minutes or an hour you probably never will.