Klipsch RF-7 III Floorstanding Speakers - HDD Review

[Palmer]

From vocals to layered instruments to cutting-edge Hollywood sound effects -- from deep bass to shredding highs -- Klipsch RF-7 III floorstanders masterfully reproduce everything and anything save for true subwoofer frequencies. If you're a music or cinema audiophile with the budget and the space for these, run-don't-walk to your nearest Klipsch retailer so you can demo a pair and immediately add them to your system. Highly Recommend.


https://hdgear.highdefdigest.com/669...gspeakers.html

[Krawk]

I really hate to ask. Maybe I've lived under a rock the past 20 years, but I have never heard of having to break in speakers. Could it be because I've never bought high enough end speakers or have the ones I bought been pre-broke in or I just never really noticed? I don't have cheap $100 speakers, so I don't know much on this subject. So with the break-in required, does this mean eventually they will become broken? Requiring a recone or new driver? Perhaps someone can offer me a good explanation.

These speakers look similar, but are on sale:
https://www.adorama.com/kprp280fa2.h...5&emailprice=t

[Plissken99]

Speaker break in is mostly about the crossover inside the speakers, maybe it needs time get used to handling wattage(shrug). I can’t speak to why it’s a thing, just that it is. They definitely start sounding better after a bit of time. Break in isn’t hard to do, just leave your amp on for a week, even with no audio they are getting ‘broke in’. It will vary per brand, all speakers need break in time, but it’s usually only noticed on high end speakers.

Good to see quality coming back to Klipsch, these seem more like the original RF-7, with refinements. The 280’s are not the 7’s, reference premier is ‘Klipsch generic’. Synergy used to be they’re bottom of the line, now it’s Reference Premier. Which still beat many other brands in they’re league, don’t get me wrong.