Bought an ok 2 speaker home theater system a few months ago. Mainly for movies and music.
From memory $900 all up. Harmon Kardon player, 2X Wharfdale Denton speakers, about 60W.
Good specs on them all, much better than my hearing.


Put the speakers on wall brackets above the TV. Bi-wired them - who knows if that is an improvement. Anyway, had that option, so did it.
The sound was not good. Missing the midranges - you know, area where people are talking ........
Had no graphic equaliser on the player. Only bass and treble, so tuned down the bass and treble with limited results.

After a few months the speakers seemed to improve by themselves. As though the speakers has 'run in.'
There was a layer of acoustic isolation screwed onto the bottom of the speakers from the manufacturer for when the speakers are placed on a book shelf/table.
There was another layer of acoustic isolation on the wall bracket, to isolate the speakers from the brackets. So 2 levels of isolation.
I removed the acoustic isolation from the speakers. That may have helped a bit.

Mainly though, the speakers seemed to improve with normal use.
Sounds weird, doesn't it ?

Belgarion wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2021 at 11:08am:


Ah, could well be.
Thanks

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2021 at 10:43am:

Speakers do break in although some high-end manufacturers do that at the factory for you.
I’m unsure what you mean by ‘acoustic insulation’ attached to the bottom and the brackets. What material was this made from ?
As to bi-wiring, depending on the design of the speakers it doesn’t always achieve anything.
For instance, Yamaha’s top of the range  NS 500 only accepts single wiring.
https://au.yamaha.com/en/products/audio_visual/speakers/ns-5000/index.html