breaking in, not what you think...

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

How do I break in my subs? haha, j/k, so many of those in the past 2 weeks ive belong to this forum. My ? has to do with breaking in. Say I get my subs and amp and all wiring, is there a way to break them in not using the car? It would be nice to put them on a home receiver or something for like 24 hours so there ready to bump when they get in my car. Anything I can do???

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[bumpin_8605 10+ year member]

do u have a powered sub at home cause that is how my friend is breakin in his new adiobahns so that way u dint get any high notes goin through it

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

well actually, i have a 10" home theater sub, it has bass level on it but it runs straight to my receiver. so you think i could just unplug the speaker wires from the home theater 10" and wire it to the subs?

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

jmac, how do you set them up when free airing then? do you set them on their magnet, or do you half way build a box and not put a panel on?

 

[Spddracer 10+ year member]

Set it on its side , Do not set it on the magent if you have a vented pole in the back , The sub wont be able to breath/cool and it will fry it , Just set it on its side and support it up a little so nothing is hitting anyhting and let er go !

 

[Savant 10+ year member]

Originally posted by Spddracer Set it on its side , Do not set it on the magent if you have a vented pole in the back , The sub wont be able to breath/cool and it will fry it , Just set it on its side and support it up a little so nothing is hitting anyhting and let er go !

Not sure on the side is a good idea.. I used some scrap wood and made a spacer about 2" tall.. basically 2 stacks of wood, one on each side of the vent.. wide enough to hold the rest of the base.. worked well..

EDIT: if you have a 'faceplate' for a box already, you could just build some little legs on it for now, just enough to get it standing.. Or, like you said, leave something off of it (the bottom maybe? and put spacers under it so you don't have resistence?)

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

k thanks.

 

[PoeticTragedy 10+ year member]

break it in with a hammer

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by PoeticTragedy break it in with a hammer

That would be real smart

- Steve

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

yeh, i thought about just pounding some nails into to let it loosen up?

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

You could always use a razor and remove the surround also.

 

[mgaidica 10+ year member]

GOOD IDEA. either way ill break it in good.