I believe they do, my system, when first turned on is definitely bass shy. It takes a couple of songs to get everything up to speed. I have been experimenting with turning the amp, source and pre on and letting them warm up,but the results are the same. I'm thinking it's the speakers. I also have noticed this with other components and speakers.
Do speakers take time to warm up?
For example, if my stereo is on and has been on for weeks, and then I connect speakers that have been sitting idle for a few weeks, do the speakers sound better after an hour of being played? Whats going on? Is it the caps in the crossover, the drivers, the ferrofluid in the tweeters? All of the above?
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Speaker coil resistance can easily change by 10% or more after warm up. It will affect crossover design and I'm very surprised, that people ignore it, discussing "crossover charging" instead. Also, to people who cannot hear the difference - you don't have to. Your hearing apparatus doesn't have to be the best. |
My system is well broken-in. Before playing music I always turn on the system for about 20 minutes to warm up the tubes. Even so, the tube phono stage and tube preamp need to have musical signal passing through them for about 2 sides of an LP before they sound their best. I will assume the speaker drivers warming up plays a role in this as well. No matter what, the musical listening pleasure always increases around the third side of playing LPs. And on Saturday night, after a couple glasses of wine and a couple of hits, it definitely sounds much, much better. Enjoy the music! |
douglas_schroeder2,355 posts05-28-2020 1:17pmImo, the crossover charging idea is nonsense. They are not being charged when the system is OFF! It's more ridiculous thinking from people who fancy their ears more consistent than the electronics. Same with the foolishness of cables "settling ". One word can be used to describe this post. Ignorant His engrained and obsolete opinion. All of a sudden, because its Hi-Fi, the laws of physics no longer apply? Electrical resistance is no longer altered by temperature? Capacitors longer require charging up and do not discharge themselves? Some speakers do not require much warming up, others do. The xover in (for example) the Avalon could almost be called a passive amplifier in the way it works. |
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