breaking in kickers

[offdahezy86 10+ year member]

how do you break in 2 12 kicker l5?

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[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by jlaine Bull... Break in period is garbage and a complete crock...

 

I pound the bloody snot out of anything I get, right after I get it, for fun - that and to prove break in period is bogus.

 

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Originally posted by jlaine Eclipse aluminum - unloaded freeair until audible strain... right out of the box...

 

eD SP15 - freeair with 15hz tone - 850W until my stinking amp clipped, right out of the box - got it pretty close to hitting it's maximum excursion at the time though.

 

numerous brahmas - all right to the limit of the driver - all right out of the box. (averages 400-500 watts)

 

eD 12A... sitting on my desk waiting for me to hurt it - but trust me... it's not going to be nice.

Originally posted by jlaine If you feel better doing it, feel free! You are just wasting a little bit of your time is all, and if it makes you feel more comfortable, then it's worth it in the long run.

Hope that helps, somewhat.

- Steve

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

just in case....

"if you aren't stretching the suspension when you're breaking in a sub, eventually it will get "stretched".

lets take the girl analogy and revise it. take a big wang and stick it in her (this is what jlaine is doing). now it does hurt for the girl (sub) at first, but when you stick it in there again, its stretched out enough that it'll handle the big wang without pain (stress for the sub).

now what if you broke it in slowly and easily? take a small pee pee (rangerman's) and stick it in there (its gonna hurt for the first time anyways). after that, you crank up the volume some more (bigger wang..this time its dreid's). its gonna hurt because its not stretched out enough from the first time. now crank up the volume some more (jlaine's pencil) and its gonna stretch more than when you had the volume lower (dreid's). now all of the sudden you crank it full volume (this is where i come in ). gonna stretch it out the most since the volume is at its peak. now what are the chances of the sub moving even more if the system is at full blast and nothing else changes? so whenever i feel like putting my wang in there again, i know that the girl (sub) is ready for whatever i got. "

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by GSteg just in case....

 

"if you aren't stretching the suspension when you're breaking in a sub, eventually it will get "stretched".

 

lets take the girl analogy and revise it. take a big wang and stick it in her (this is what jlaine is doing). now it does hurt for the girl (sub) at first, but when you stick it in there again, its stretched out enough that it'll handle the big wang without pain (stress for the sub).

 

now what if you broke it in slowly and easily? take a small pee pee (rangerman's) and stick it in there (its gonna hurt for the first time anyways). after that, you crank up the volume some more (bigger wang..this time its dreid's). its gonna hurt because its not stretched out enough from the first time. now crank up the volume some more (jlaine's pencil) and its gonna stretch more than when you had the volume lower (dreid's). now all of the sudden you crank it full volume (this is where i come in ). gonna stretch it out the most since the volume is at its peak. now what are the chances of the sub moving even more if the system is at full blast and nothing else changes? so whenever i feel like putting my wang in there again, i know that the girl (sub) is ready for whatever i got. "

 

 

 

true, but u have too much time on ur hands...or should i say something is in ur hands too much! lol, j/k...it all depends on the person. peace

 

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[ws140 10+ year member]

I like it.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[burtonsnow83 10+ year member]

perhaps the best analogy, I have ever heard, on any subject. period //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[avistar23 10+ year member]

well my break in method is: take out of box push cone up and down put in speaker box.... play it like there is no tommorow

 

[GSteg 10+ year member]

Originally posted by avistar23 well my break in method is: take out of box push cone up and down put in speaker box.... play it like there is no tommorow

yup. i've been saying that for a while. push the cone to its max slowly and it shouldn't feel like a virgin anymore but really, i think most manufacturers will tell us to break in because most people don't read the manual and may skip that part. so when you get a broken sub, the company usually ask if you broken in your sub and if you say no, you're screwed. just an excuse for them not to warranty the product