|   Paradigms break in period? | Crankit
Jan 18, 2002 6:41 AM | | A bought Paradigm Studio 100', 40's CC center and a Servo 15 sub.
The salesman told me it will take around 100 playing hours for the speakers to break in so don't expect to love them out of the box. Can someone explain to me better exactly what this means. Will they sound better after a 100 hours of playing time (smoother with more detail)? |
| re: Paradigms break in period? | Crankit
Jan 18, 2002 7:00 AM | | I forgot to add this.....
The salesman told me a good way to break in speakers was to run a music CD in 5 channel stereo mode. I did this overnight then I shut my system down for a couple hours and I am at it again. Can I run them 18 hours a day w/o causing problems with my receiver overheating?
Would it be wise to remove the receiver from the entertainment center to incrase the ventilation playing it for such long periods of time?
I am leanring as I am going so bare with the newbie questions. |
| re: Paradigms break in period? | Woochifer
Jan 18, 2002 12:05 PM | | It's an oft debated topic on this forum, but I did notice that my Studio 40s smoothed out and had a noticeably more lifelike sound after my first weekend. I'd already done an in-home audition with my dealer's demo model, so I knew what it was supposed to sound like, and out of the box those speakers sounded somewhat harsher and more compressed. I'm not sure if you need 100 hours, but just play them as much as you can in the meantime.
Glad to hear that you finally settled on a set of speakers that you're happy with. What was the final deciding factor over the B&Ws that you were also considering? |
| re: Final decision...........? | Crankit
Jan 18, 2002 12:31 PM | | Don't know whether or not it's my final decision. I've had 3 different set of surround sound setups in one year. This is my third.
If I don't like them I have 30 days to take them back for something else.
If I bought the CDM's I would have had to buy an AMP, according to the salesman, which I wasn't ready to do at the time and I was unsure of the high's on the CDM's over the Paradigm. I was unsure whether or not the B&W's had enough bass and midrange for home theatre use although the CDM have better overall detail over the Paradigm.
I listened to them (CDM's / Studio's) 5 different times for about 2 hours a time and couldn't decide between the 2 so I basically flipped a coin. If I decide after a few weeks of listening to them that I don't like them maybe I will buy the CDM's. So far they are much better than what I had before (Infinity Interludes and Klipsch's Reference 7 series/ ouch were the Klipsch harsh) and if it's true they smooth out a little more in a couple days I will probably stay with them. I am looking into Amps anyway, especially for the Studio 100's. |
| Indeed, Crankit, you'll listen the difference after breaking-in. | Antonio Machado
Jan 18, 2002 4:34 PM | | Hello there: I have a pair of Paradigm Reference Studio 100 v.2 and indeed, right out of the box the sound was O.K. but not as expected; nevertheless, the more I listen the better they sounded, one week, two weeks... I think they need a lot of time to give their best. Finnally, after many days I got from them their best sound, very much better than the initial sound, you'll love them. On the other hand, they provide good bass, but when I added the Paradigm PS-1200 sub-woofer it was a great addition, lot of basses, the improvement was clearly audible. Congratulations for your adquisition! best regards, Antonio Machado. |
| Indeed, Crankit, you'll listen the difference after breaking-in. | Doug C.
Jan 18, 2002 7:15 PM | | My Studio 100's sounded great right out of the box compared to my old Infinity Overture 3's. I notice now after 3 weeks I can crank these up to insane volumes with no listener fatigue. None of the harsh high end yet very detailed and open.
I do have mine bi-amped: Musical Fidelity A3cr (120 watts per channel) on the high end, Marantz MA700's (200 watts per channel) on the low end. I think the Musical Fidelity and 100's are a good match.
I listened to the B&W's also. For my tastes the Paradigm did more (capable of high volumes while very smooth). I thought all the B&W's I listened were to bright at higher volumes.
Doug C. |
| re: Paradigms break in period? | nopcbs
Jan 18, 2002 7:45 PM | | Speaker break-in is just more of the voodoo nonsense that permeats much of high-end audio. There is nothing to break-in on a speaker. What some people, in all honesty I might add, refer to as a speaker breaking-in is that they get used to the sound of the speaker and as a result like it more. This is just human nature. We tend to like things that we are familiar with and the more familiar the better. There is probably a good evolutionary reason for it being selected for.
Just enjoy the things and don't worry about silly things like break-in.
- nopcbs |
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