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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

RE: How can we tell

I think there is no question that your ear can get used to the sound of something. Hence you breaking in (or warming up to) what the product offers you. This is why reviewers have stuff for a month. It has the huge advantage of allowing the person to get to know (get used to) the sound the product brings to the table versus his/her own reference speaker that he is very much used to. The new speaker may present horn instruments very much differently - at first the reviewer may not like it but over time gets used to the new version and may or may not like it more.

The alternative is the "listen to 5 speakers for a track or two and decide which one gets editor's choice. Shorter memory issues but kind of knee-jerk appeal as well.

Break in is certainly real on many other things with moving parts. Take shoes - If you have a shoe for a month or two you could probably join a five mile run and be fine - but man I tried that once not thinking with a brand new pair of shoes out of the box and had insane blisters. Agony. I did the same kind of thing 6 months later with the same shoes and had no problem at all. But the thing is still a size 11 brand new or 6 months later.


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