How much burn-in for Soliloquy 5.3s

I purchased Soliloquy 6.2's new, and can tell you they sounded absolutely horrible for at least the first 250 hours - bass bloat and muddy, indefined image, etc. I think it took a good 450-500 hours to sound 80% and about 600-700 to fully break in. Keep music running through them 24 hours a day, even if that means it has to play very quiet at night, it helps to keep the drivers moving and still signal going through the crossover...

After the break in the 6.2's sounded MUCH MUCH better than new out of the box. Hang in there and keep us posted.

Absolutely agree with comments so far. I have a pair of 5.3's that I got with about 200 hrs on them by the estimate of the previous owner who is a friend. They sounded like they were really holding back and very compressed. So much so that I was thinking I'd made a mistake for the first couple of weeks I had them. Then gradually they started to sound better and better. I'd say the 500 hr mark is a good estimate where they've plateaued. As said, be patient, and keep the music playing as much as possible. It is worth the wait. These are great speakers with plenty of range and clarity and a very natural presentation. Soundstage is very impressive as well. I think a whole lot of people give up on them early as I see ads for newish examples quite frequently. Stick it out!

Marco

Cody, I have the 6.5s and they also took forever to breakin. After an extended breakin, I still thought that they were a little lacking in treble extension. I was using Kimber 8TC biwired at the time. I called the owner of Soliloquy and he suggested that I change the speaker cable to something other than the 8TC. He said that the Kimber cables did not interact well with his speakers. He mentioned that the internal wiring of the Soliloquy's were Analysis Plus. I changed to a shotgun pair of Oval 12's and they now sound wonderful. Give Soliloquy a call if after a long breakin you are not satisfied. He is very knowledgable and helpful. Jim

I would agree partially with everyone here.
However i would go one step further,, and say even longer than 500 ;-(
I left them on for days and days and days,, well, you get the picture.
There really is no reason for this,, i got tired of them hurting my ears, so i bought a pair of Nautilus 804's

Well,, wouldnt you know it, i shelved them when the N804's arrived,, several months later my friend wanted to hear them,, they werent impressive still,, but as we sat in the other room with them playing,, we noticed, "wow those sound really good in the other room"
I dont know how or when or what, but somehow they finally broke in.
I would say they are worth the wait,, after you have waited,,,,

I noticed upper moderate volume levels accellerated their break in.

Good luck.

Also I'm not sure if your speakers have the newer drivers. Towards the end there before coming out with the 5.3i, Soliloquy were selling a whole bunch of Frankenstein 5.3's when they ran out of some of the 5.3 components. These 5.3's have the metallic 5.3i drivers in them which are unmistakable by their metalic 'O' in each driver (see the site with the new speakers). I have no idea whether those drivers require more, less or the same time for break-in. You may phone Soliloquy for such advice. I would imagine they'd be different being entirely different drivers altogether. The crossovers have changed too in the newer model, and I don't know if they were using those in the Frankenstein versions. If your drivers are all black they are the older (original) 5.3 drivers.

Marco