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In Reply to: RE: Zu's Soul Supreme Speaker/ Break In posted by rkeman on June 14, 2016 at 17:06:54
Driver break in is real, and the cited fall in free air resonance is a fact.
Now, as to the long break in periods claimed for other components, lots of power of suggestion and expectation bias going on here I think.....
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Hi, all great answers you guys, I'm learning more from each person.
A guy I worked for 20 years ago had to go coach his daughters little league or softball league. He had a bag full of aluminum bats and said he had to go out and buy some more. When I asked why he explained the more they were used the more the metal lost it's hitting zing, like bending a coat hanger will soon break it theory.
So when I asked the question about speaker break-in some of your answers involved great sonics vs. time (hours, minutes). The only thing I can think of that effects break in time is in the speakers surround and to a lesser extent the spider.
If you think about the aluminum baseball bats, How are speakers said to sound better after hours of break in? Does a less ridged surround maybe mask some of an amps distortion? I don't think with time the surround gets tighter, does it?
I don't know any mechanical devise that gets better with a long break in time if properly crafted. Can you?, besides speakers.
Anyway, thanks for all the answers. You guys are my gurus! I got the day off so it's back to Perry Mason and Gilligan....Mark.
Woofer free air resonance will change, damping will change.....sometimes I like prototypes with the un-broken in woofer!
Weeks of playing. I think by a few weeks of a couple of hours per day most change is over. Those who say a year, with great changes, using terms like "ablow away"....well, those guys are usually trying to prove how sensitive and "high res" their systems are and make up a lot of stuff. Ego thing. I generally ignore that type.
Hi, you know Herb R. the reviewer made it real easy to compare the Zu speaker vs. the Orangutan speaker system both making the best of 1 watt or so.
The Zu had a wild woman boogie factor that swept thru Herb like a Cadillac ride to the Promised Land.
The Orangutan's seduced Herb with their saucy smile, barefoot dancing,and sequined Gypsy clothes.
Well that made it real easy for me, not for making a choice between the 2 sound producers but for telling my pot guy to step it up a little....sorry (Ted), had to use that line....Mark K.
No amount of time will tame the roughness (distortion) of the Zu's. Claims of break in times like that are to convince customers to hang with the piece of equipment and to get owners used to looking past the obvious problems, to hopefully become accepting of the product despite those shortcomings. It's a manufacturer and dealer trick that has been going on for decades.
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