Some things do improve with break in, IMO. Speakers, headphones, pretty much anything mechanical.......even electronics to some degree. Have to agree with shadorne to some extent though. If it sounds bad now, it may......or may not, sound better in a week..........To some degree I to believe that we mentally "adjust" to what we hear and see. Over time we begin to accept what we hear as normal.
Were it me and it's not, I'd keep everything powered up and playing continuously for a few days, even at low volume, just to break things loose and let them get settled. Sounds like you put out some real money here, so if things don't get markedly better pretty soon I'd be having a heart to heart with the dealer.
You've gone the headphone route, so yeah, that takes your room out of the equation. If in a few days the phones start to sound pretty good, but the speakers still sound bad, that leaves two things. Either you bought a defective piece of gear that's dragging your whole system into the mud, or your room really is THAT bad..........which is addressable for far less than you probably paid for your hardware.
FWIW, I just did a pretty extensive room treatment and the difference was so great that I honestly barely recognized my own system and music, it made that much difference. Seems like you may have other issues though..................good luck and regardless of price, anything can be bad out of the box
Were it me and it's not, I'd keep everything powered up and playing continuously for a few days, even at low volume, just to break things loose and let them get settled. Sounds like you put out some real money here, so if things don't get markedly better pretty soon I'd be having a heart to heart with the dealer.
You've gone the headphone route, so yeah, that takes your room out of the equation. If in a few days the phones start to sound pretty good, but the speakers still sound bad, that leaves two things. Either you bought a defective piece of gear that's dragging your whole system into the mud, or your room really is THAT bad..........which is addressable for far less than you probably paid for your hardware.
FWIW, I just did a pretty extensive room treatment and the difference was so great that I honestly barely recognized my own system and music, it made that much difference. Seems like you may have other issues though..................good luck and regardless of price, anything can be bad out of the box