Question to those believing in speaker break in

You don't need to be playing loud. To break in woofers, I tend to like playing 20hz loops, where the woofers go a far distance without letting out much audible sound. For mids and drivers, just play different types of brown noise at 50-60db through the night.  Then, use a full spectrum glide, like the one found on Ayre's Irrational But Efficacious burn in CD to tune everything up every 24 hours or so.

I would use this as an opportunity get to know the sound of your speakers and to listen to speaker break-in. Part of the enjoyment of Audiophilia is learning to listen. But, and this is not contradictory, try to listen to the music, not the speakers. Yes, I know, you just got them… exciting. But you really want to learn to listen to the music and thusly understand the effect the equipment has on it… versus listening to the equipment. The former is quantitative the later is Analytical. With the latter you can go off on a wild goose chase of detail and slam and find the music does not sound that great.

I'll ring in with ghdprentice.  Just enjoy them. Put on your favorite music. It also might be fun to put on something praised by critics that is completely foreign to your tastes. Who knows? Maybe the new speakers will help win you over.

I did this method years ago with Revel Perfoma towers. I placed them about 8” apart and ran them with FM for a couple days at moderate volume stopping only a few hours in the evening when I watched tv. But I recently bought new speakers and just let them break in over a few hundred hours and enjoyed them while doing so. You’re gonna know when they reach their peak performance.

Thanks for your thoughts.

But my question was;  Why not put the speakers as close as you can? Totally together if you can?