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In Reply to: RE: A Possible Solution posted by thetubeguy1954 on June 06, 2007 at 07:47:13
> I'd like you to explain what all these other variables you believe exist
> are.
The variability between drivers, not having speakers in the same place, slow switching, etc... A rational approach would be to measure the changes since this is both more sensitive and more informative about what is changing.
> But why would I be misleading? I have nothing to gain in this debate, no
> one does.
Hmmm... so people are posting here to dispassionately learn?
> Andy what advantage is there for a speaker manufacturer to tell a client
> in so many words Our speakers won't sound as good as they can for 100 hrs
> or so?
It is an interesting question and I do not have a wholly satisfactory answer. I made a brief effort to find out from people that work with methods for measuring speaker driver parameters but without success. The only reasonable data I found after a very brief google was 10 seconds to effectively break in the suspension which is consistent with my prior knowledge but it is difficult to find reliable information among the audiophile nonsense. A possibility exists that new materials for some drivers may have an influence in this respect but I have no evidence to support it.
One can speculate about reducing the number of returned speakers, keeping up the audiophile credentials and similar but it is not a wholly satisfactory answer without a bit of substance and my knowledge on the marketing side of things is small.
> The problem with your idea is that once the speaker has broken-in it
> sounds different.
It is not my idea, it is what engineers do.
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