Breaking In New Speakers
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Breaking In New Speakers
As long as I've been playing you'd think I'd know something about this. But how long does it take to break new speakers in. Is it a matter of hours, days, weeks? Is there anything different you do during break in or do you just play normally? Help me!!!
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I just read a very interesting piece on speaker break-in. Read it here.
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/B ... r_Speakers
http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/B ... r_Speakers
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I've heard 8hrs of loud playing should effectively break them in. Heard of guys trying to cheat by softening the paper with something, but that weakens the paper more than break it in. One guy built an isolation cab and left an amp running with white noise over night. Don't know if that worked, guess it would.
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i guess playing is the best way to break them in. Thanks Jondog.
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I think the guys at avatar speakers just load their speakers into dummy cabinets and then play rap music through them overnight to really break in the speakers with bass.
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I think I could've probably said the word "speakers" more times in one sentence.
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lol. I don't have any rap music. Do you think Polka will do?
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Where is andy with his speaker break in theoy
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alanbama wrote:lol. I don't have any rap music. Do you think Polka will do?
Maybe some heavy polka.
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when i got my last cab...new...i plugged it into my old SS amp and ran my ipod into it while i was at work for three days...i placed couch cushions around it, turned it up to a decent volume and away i went...8.5 hrs later...home and turned it off...
i found it made the V30's a load-ton better sounding...really glad i did it...
i found it made the V30's a load-ton better sounding...really glad i did it...
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My V30's were pretty well broken in when i got them i think, so I couldn't tell you the difference. Pretty smooth in the top end... but loud
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I've been playing most of the day but I can't play very loud because there's a baby in the house. But Saturday night is band practice. It should get a heck of a workout then. It's a new CR35LDX with a ten inch speaker. It sounds great already.
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Running ipod music in to speed the breakage is not a bad idea.
If I had to break new speakers I'll probably do this now.
Last 4X12 cab loaded with new speakers took ages to get a deep bass response. (can't say how many hours, it must depend the volume applied).
If I had to break new speakers I'll probably do this now.
Last 4X12 cab loaded with new speakers took ages to get a deep bass response. (can't say how many hours, it must depend the volume applied).
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I put new speakers in my 2X10 Turbosound monitors and played the radio through them for the better part of a few days. They sound much better now... either that or my ears are just used to them now.
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