will burn-in make improvement in frequency response

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Here is a grain of salt for the manufacturer's claims.
 

 

I don't think you're going to get another 20Hz of extension by running it for awhile.

Uncle Eric

Lol. Point well emphasized. A usefull "smiley" for future use

Neels

The only way for you to find out is to listen yourself. I have witnessed burn in to all degrees, from a little, to a product totally changing after a few hundred hours of play. Uncle Eric has not. Who to believe...., the answer, your ears, not ours.

Just enjoy the music for now, don't expect any change, but be mindful of how your system sounds now and if any changes occur, your ears will alert you.

Yes, "burning in" your transducers will change their characteristics, it's likely the frequency response will improve... a bit.

No, you won't be getting more bass, or just a tiny amount, it's not a magical solution, I would at the very best expect a 3 or 4 Hz bass from burn in, 20 Hz would just be crazy.

Equalize, but be careful, you could easily introduce distortion, and even damage you speakers if you boost too much.

Look up how to equalize properly with a parametric EQ on internet, it's probably the best solution.

Edited by khaos974 - 11/7/10 at 1:47am

Here two speakers were burned in and the frequency dropped from 48 to 46 Hz and 53 to 49 Hz. But after they had cooled down and rested they went back to their original state.

 

http://www.nousaine.com/pdfs/The%20Art%20of%20Breakin.pdf

Haha that's fantastic.

Here is another one

 

http://www.nousaine.com/pdfs/dynaudio.pdf

 

and another

 

http://www.audioholics.com/education/loudspeaker-basics/speaker-break-in-fact-or-fiction

Edited by Prog Rock Man - 11/7/10 at 12:51pm

Just a side note, if this is measured at the listening position (room response) I think it's fine or even desired to have a smooth treble roll-off, down 5 dB at 10 kHz or so.

 

If you actually measure your own room, you'll see that your actual room response is drastically different from what the graph showed. Your room needs an anechoic chamber and the response measured has to be highly smoothed in order for you to get that response.

 

No equalizer will get you responses that your speakers simply can't handle. You can place your subwoofer in a corner of the room and that will probably help with its extension a little bit. 

 

Here's my speaker system's in room response from 20hz to 300hz in my semi treated room (as you can see, this is what a normal in room FR graph looks like):

 

 

In room FR is considered pretty good if you can get within +/-8 db.

Edited by moonboy403 - 11/11/10 at 9:54am