Cain & Cain Abby , placement ,care and phase plugs

Terry Cain told me to use orange oil or even ArmorAll, as he uses a lacquer finish on the Cains. I've had my S-Abbys/Bailey for 18 months now, I'm on my 4th (and final) amplifier, and 3rd (and final) CD player. I'm still very happy with what I'm hearing, and I'm not planning any system changes. Quite frankly, I don't find myself wondering about other components, though I have been considering some IC experimentation. Finally, I don't do rock at home, though it sounds quite good in the auto, but rather lots of jazz and solo instruments, as well as vocalists.

Good luck to you.

Arkproof, just curious: What amps have you tried with the Abbys?

Rene

"I will try the oop blanket (1000 + hours ?)."

Eeeks! That's 41.5 days of non-stop playing.

Be careful about how long and how loud your run any speaker's driver non-stop early on. Speakers are electro-mechanical devices and heat does builds up in voice coil and former. I don't think any high-end speaker manufacturer actually designs their drivers for that kind of extended use and heat build up.

I have the Cain & Cain IM-Bens(w/ Fostex FE-168 Sigmas) w/ a pair of passive Bailey subs. Initially, it took 250 hours for the sound to smooth out, but I could swear there was another big jump in perceived smoothness and naturalness north of 500 hours.

The first 200 hours, I took a 4 hours on, 2 hours off approach for a couple of days. Then, 6 hours on, 2 off. Finally, 8 hours on, 2 off. After that, they got 10-12 hours a day.

Sounds like a pain(it is), but I mostly work from home, so there wasn't much of an inconvenience. I just put on background classical and worked out of a downstairs room.

Regardless the journey, which is enjoyable, the end result is phenominal.