Speaker Break In Question - going from single wired to bi-wired

OnHhy61 - you are right and that answers that one ! It just taken soo long for the '' new '' bi-wiring to break in.  

many feel single cable with jumpers sounds better than internal bi-wire

I will let you know on that one  -  I have heard the same but did I listen ...No !  

Makes no difference. New or old wires. Break in is not needed for wires and for speakers we are talking may be a few hours if anything at all. My drivers are stress tested before installation - so break in is not needed at all.

If your speakers need a long break in then it suggests the drive motors are insufficient and the surround and spider compliance is way too high (bad design).

Some feel that each element (woofer or tweeter) needs a specific type of speaker wire, and those who say that are often wire manufacturers. They could be right, but the dude who designed my speakers told me they were "more coherant" single wired, and he was right (tried both ways). I think it has to be a speaker-specific thing, and I understand that one run of excellent single wire is better than 2 runs of mediocre bi-wire…for whatever THAT'S worth. It would make sense to have very good internal wire in your speakers to make bi wiring less of a big deal as a single wire run is split anyway after the crossover (or high and low pass elements) does its thing. Also, cable break in is interesting as it would seem you need to listen to it throughout to determine if it's ready for prime time.