Re: Break in procedure
|
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,116
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,116 |
Thats a good point Worfzara. With a big company like Energy (know owned by Klipsch) I would be surprised if the owners manual was written by any of the engineers. I'm sure it's delegated to another department like marketing for example.
I agree about not putting any stock into damaging the speakers before the 100hrs mark if played to loud. Energy speakers are well engineered and use good drivers. Statements such as those are to prevent the owner from returning the speakers (or to keep them longer) during the return period in case they are not liking the sound.
I’m armed and I’m drinking. You don’t want to listen to advice from me, amigo.
-Max Payne
|
|
|
Re: Break in procedure
|
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 3,270
connoisseur
|
connoisseur
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 3,270 |
Hi Worfzara,
The Energy note in the manual on break-in is hilarious. I'm sure that Ian Paisley, the former director of engineering for API (the parent company of Energy, Mirage, SPL, Sound Dynamics, etc), now retired, would be much amused, as would John Tchillinguarian, former Energy designer, Kevin Voecks--now at Revel--and Axiom's own Andrew Welker, who took over design at Mirage).
I suspect the note on break-in came from the API marketing dept, some of whom had very close contact with the tweakophile anti-science editors at The Absolute Sound and Stereophile, all of whom implicitly believed the break-in nonsense. It was to garner favor with the tweak magazines, which Energy and Mirage were able to do. If they hadn't indulged the break-in myth, they would have been dismissed by the tweak editors, who held lots of power with higher-end boutique dealers and customers.
Regards, Alan
Alan Lofft, Axiom Resident Expert (Retired)
|
|
|
Re: Break in procedure
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 179
veteran
|
veteran
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 179 |
I didn't read the part regarding speaker break when I bought my RC's...whew... . I figured since engine break in was a myth it applied to speakers as well.
|
|
|
Re: Break in procedure
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 10,420
shareholder in the making
|
shareholder in the making
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 10,420 |
Yeah, it's a bit of electricity, but hey, I live in Alberta, we have energy to spare
We have a totaly different kind of energy to spare, electrically we are very poor.
Jason M80 v2 VP160 v3 QS8 v2 PB13 Ultra Denon 3808 Samsung 85" Q70
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics24,945
Posts442,479
Members15,617
|
Most Online2,082 Jan 22nd, 2020
|
|
0 members (),
943
guests, and
2
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|