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Is break in quicker with Planars and Stats?

I ordered new Neo ribbon midrange panels for my VMPS FF3SRE and they shipped today so I got to thinking...
I have never purchased a higher end speaker new so I wonder if there is a quicker breakin for Planar and Electrostat models because of the very different mechanical properties, I dont remeber ever reading this topic so curious what others think. I have owned sealed, ported, transmission line, Planars and Electrostats but again never a brand new quality model.
I also had the all crossovers upgraded so thats another issue with breakin but as far as the drivers what do you guys think? Thanks for entertaining me.
chadnliz
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
So would you guys ay its equal too, more time, or less?
don_s
271 posts
 
Remember that the crossover components need burn-in time.
chadnliz OP
3,736 posts
 
I know, it was burned in by VMPS but surely needs more time in my system, just curious about the drivers themselves....slow news day!
norton
83 posts
 
I don't believe in "speaker break-in".
lightminer
164 posts
 
Norton - with Magnepans at least you can take a Radio Shack SPL meter and measure the falloff at a certain level of input in bass, and 3 months later the response curve is different. I don't know as much about cone speakers and personal experience with breakin but I can say scientifically that the Maggie 3.6s sound *very* different on 1st day and 3 months later. And, as I said, I can verify this with instruments and graphs.
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