Carver Amazing Line Source Speakers

Thank you david_ten

koestner, 

I totally agree with you. 

ozzy

Unfortunately, engineers, especially the ones who graduated just from college, only believe in what they can measure on the scope.  Break in as far as speakers are concerned is real, just like an old worn leather shoe feels much more comfortable than than a new one. The suspension of the the speaker driver including the surround and spider need to loosen up.  Almost all speakers I've ever owned in the past 30+ years showed a dramatic improvement in sound after break in period.

dracule1,

I agree. 
I was surprised by the Carver employee taking such a hard line on the subject. Even Bob does not believe wire or caps break in but he feels speakers do.
But I sure do...

ozzy

IME, 25 year olds barely know where their wieners are much less anything else.  My speakers are older than him, and they sounded like crap when I first got them to the point that I almost returned them.  My speakers are 2-way towers and took about 400 hours to settle in and over 100 hours before I could even begin to enjoy listening to them.  How many drivers do your speakers have???  Give it some time Bro. 

soix, 

Thanks for your comments. Each speaker has 13 tweeters, one supertweeter and 18 midwoofers. So there is a lot of piston area to break in.
Each day after I have run the Purist break in disc for hours I find that the speakers are getting better and better. The tweeters still seem a little hot but much less than the day before etc. But, I have the tweeter, midrange and bass controls set for maximum during the break in process. 

ozzy