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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

RE: How can we tell

If you've auditioned before buying you should be able to tell if the unit coming out of the box doesn't sound like what you auditioned. Also, for instance, if the bass response isn't right, like too tight, I don't think continued listening will change your mind that you are happy with that response. I can only speak for myself. Or, if you are hearing some harshness in the highs that over hours seemed to decrease and eventually disappear, it had to be break in. You don't listen to harshness for months and suddenly you love harshness.

If your theory held true then we could listen to any system and eventually be happy with it. I've never known that to happen. If something is annoying it remains annoying.

However, I admit there is some ear adjustment. For example, my system is is what I'd say is neutral having a tight controlled bass, and, bass only if it's in the program. My friend has a system where the bass blooms, sort of thick and large. So after visiting him it takes my ears a short time to adjust back to my system which at first seems a bit thin. Then I begin to hear the detail etc. I was missing and acclimate back to my system. But if I had his system no matter how long I had it, I wouldn't suddenly one day be happy with it.


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