speaker break in question

[EddieG]

How loud does the volume need to be to break in speakers? Will they break in sooner if the volume is louder and there is more vibration on the drivers/cones?

 

[Matt34]

How loud does the volume need to be to break in speakers? Will they break in sooner if the volume is louder and there is more vibration on the drivers/cones?

http://www.audioholics.com/education/loudspeaker-basics/speaker-break-in-fact-or-fiction

 

[mtrycrafts]

http://www.audioholics.com/education/loudspeaker-basics/speaker-break-in-fact-or-fiction

Man of no words, let alone few

 

[Seth=L]

matter of seconds, no particular volume.

 

[mike c]

stepped into the wrong forum it looks like.

 

[Sheep]

Classic example of the search function not being used.

Actually, it's a classic example of being blind, considering the Speaker break in article is a sticky at the top of this sub-forum.

SheepStar

 

[Seth=L]

Classic example of the search function not being used.

Actually, it's a classic example of being blind, considering the Speaker break in article is a sticky at the top of this sub-forum.

SheepStar

It really depends on how you navigate the site. I always use the "new posts" icon, so I don't usually see the sticky threads, unless I am searching for something in particular.

 

[mike c]

It really depends on how you navigate the site. I always use the "new posts" icon, so I don't usually see the sticky threads, unless I am searching for something in particular.

to start a new thread, you have to go to the sub forum where you will see the stickies.

 

[EddieG]

Classic example of the search function not being used.

Actually, it's a classic example of being blind, considering the Speaker break in article is a sticky at the top of this sub-forum.

SheepStar

I did read the sticky, but I didn't say anything about volume. So leaving the volume on barely audible will still break in the speakers?

And where did the term "sticky" come from??

 

[fmw]

It is a matter of time, not volume. What breaks in is not the speakers but your familiarity with them.

 

[Seth=L]

to start a new thread, you have to go to the sub forum where you will see the stickies.

You are right, I didn't think of that.

 

[markw]

to answer your question,

just okay them normally. I wouldn't try to wake the dead for about five minutes or so, but you should be able to listen to them at normal listening levels.

Some people believe in various practices, which may or may not involve sacrificing small animals at the full moon, but that's their litttle red wagon and it doesn't hurt, except the animal, but it doesn't help either.

There's a lot of mythology involved in this hobby. You're wise to question it.

One more thing... if they don't sound as good as you expected in the first week or two (and this may be your ears getting used to 'em here), take 'em back. Don't fall for that "they take hundreds of hours to break in" stuff and wind up keeping them until your return privileges expire.

And, yes, always check the stickies before posting. They contain a wealth of handy, oft asked questions.

 

[zumbo]

One thing that is not mentioned, is the speakers. New set-ups are a lot different than the full-range speakers of the old days. One may be shocked to hear towers costing 1-2k that sound like mids and tweets. That's because, that's what most are. It takes careful set-up to get the marriage between the mains and the sub right. I tweaked my system for close to a year. It sounds nothing today, like it did the first week or two.

Speakers are tested at the factory. They are taken through the paces. They are broke-in. Most are driven harder than anyone, within reason, will ever drive them.

 

[silversurfer]

Currently an interesting thread on break-in going on over at AVS:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=900822

 

[mtrycrafts]

Currently an interesting thread on break-in going on over at AVS:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=900822

Yep, same old stuff

 

[Zer0beaT]

In my experience I've only noticed a "break-in" with new paper cone speakers which I only have in guitar amplifiers. Most of the home audio speakers these days seem to use aluminum or kevlar cones or if they're paper they're heavily treated/tarred to maintain their rigidity.

All I know is if you don't like the way a speaker sounds, any possible break-in will be incredibly slight and certainly won't improve a speaker, if anything "break-in" would lessen or soften a speakers delivery, but again not enough to be noticeable by any but the most anal "audiophile"

 

[mtrycrafts]

.. but again not enough to be noticeable by any but the most anal "audiophile"

There are plenty of them out there in audio land