New Speakers on Order! Also sold my Center for a Grand.

[highfigh]

Make sure to break them in for about a month before telling us how they sound.......

 

[Squishman]

Yes, mine has that transformer thing on the speaker. Your speaker is beefier than mine. It gets all of the above except not police band, also has push-button tuning like an old automobile radio. I am not plugging it in. It worked 20 years ago when My dad had it. That’s good enough for me.

 

[Squishman]

MAke sure to break them in for about a month before telling us how they sound.......

Oh seriously? How do you break-in a speaker? I can tell you how to break in a new or newly rebuilt motorcycle engine, but not speakers!

 

[Squishman]

I have a bamboo stick over the hallway so attached wires don't droop. Ha. One might think I am single. They'd be correct!View attachment 71907

Exiting straight through the wall to outside on the bamboo stick is my tv antenna cable to my air antenna which sits about 20 feet in the air. No cuts. One length from the antenna to the tv. Not to the wall jack.

 

[ryanosaur]

I might be able to get you a deal on a pair of KEF Blade speakers- my friend is one of their regional sales managers.

My budget is about 3K right now. Good enough?

 

[ryanosaur]

Oh seriously? How do you break-in a speaker? I can tell you how to break in a new or newly rebuilt motorcycle engine, but not speakers!

Hoping he's joking...

Most of us will say it's your ears that are getting used to the Speakers. But there is a group of folk that insist that Speakers change over 100-500 hours of use... including audio companies... which is conveniently usually just outside the return policy!

 

[highfigh]

My budget is about 3K right now. Good enough?

Not if you want a pair of those. Sorry, the lowest price I found is $23K.

 

[highfigh]

Oh seriously? How do you break-in a speaker? I can tell you how to break in a new or newly rebuilt motorcycle engine, but not speakers!

You haven't seen the debate about breaking in speakers? That has been raging for many years, including here at AH.

 

[highfigh]

Yes, mine has that transformer thing on the speaker. Your speaker is beefier than mine. It gets all of the above except not police band, also has push-button tuning like an old automobile radio. I am not plugging it in. It worked 20 years ago when My dad had it. That’s good enough for me.

That photo shows a cover over the magnet assembly, which isn't large because it's not a permanent magnet. It probably looks more like this, just larger-

 

[Eppie]

Not if you want a pair of those. Sorry, the lowest price I found is $23K.

That's actually pretty good. Don't they go for, like, $30k?

 

[Bodywonderful]

Oh seriously? How do you break-in a speaker? I can tell you how to break in a new or newly rebuilt motorcycle engine, but not speakers!

You want to run the speaker under 5000 rpm for the first 1000 miles. Then you can take it to redline after you change the speaker oil. lol

 

[Squishman]

You want to run the speaker under 5000 rpm for the first 1000 miles. Then you can take it to redline after you change the speaker oil. lol

I had never heard of such a thing. Didn't take long to see it is audiophoolery!

 

[Bodywonderful]

I had never heard of such a thing. Didn't take long to see it is audiophoolery!

Just like any faith based belief you will have the zealots start a Jihad if you question it. Usually the very expensive speaker companies will suggest a break-in time so the speaker softens and smooths out it's sound. This is so you ignore your first impressions and ease into enjoying the sound and don't have buyers remorse over blowing huge wads of cash. The funniest are when people try to tell you that your speaker cables need break in time (for the same reasons). You know, those stranded lengths of pure copper with insulation. Somehow the molecular structure of the copper changes every minute that you pass light voltage through them (but miraculously stops once sonic nirvana has been achieved).

 

[Squishman]

They probably also beleive that their engine might need new piston return springs. Possibly muffler bearings.

 

[Teetertotter?]

Here's everything, regarding Speaker Break In! audio speaker breakin - Search
Pretty entertaining. ENJOY

 

[Squishman]

I said I sold all of my Klipsch gear. That was incorrect. I still have three 10" Klipsch subs. Those can stay! ha.

 

[William Lemmerhirt]

They probably also beleive that their engine might need new piston return springs. Possibly muffler bearings.

Don’t forget the carburetor belts, and blinker fluid!

I said I sold all of my Klipsch gear. That was incorrect. I still have three 10" Klipsch subs. Those can stay! ha.

Nah. They can go.

 

[ryanosaur]

Nah. They can go.

This.

Replace them with 2 or 3 new Hsu subs, at least.

 

[Squishman]

This.

Replace them with 2 or 3 new Hsu subs, at least.

I have one in the living room. The Klipsch's do fine where they are.