'Running in' refers to the wearing together of mating surfaces in a mechanical system. The small changes in shape and surface finish that result as the surfaces wear against each other improves the life and performance of the system.
Loudspeakers are mechanical, but don't have mating surfaces...
WOW! Great to get a reply so soon! Glad I stayed up until after 2.30AM (Aussie time) tonight, and many thanks.
OK, as far as your questions.
Budget: I presented these questions more as a general "philosophical" starting point than specifically relating to my own plans, so no particular budget...
Back in the eighties and nineties I was a complete hi-fi freak, listening to CDS on a Luxman/Rotel/Interdyn set up and very much on the geek fringe. In those days, hi-fi knowledge seemed simple enough and I was always ready to rattle off advice... "Forget your all-in-one," I'd say, "get yourself...