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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1451100" data-attributes="member: 561023">When I bought the DAT M6 12&quot; I run currently I acquired it retail as I wanted the warranty.The manager of the shop was the one helping me &quot;audition&quot; the sub in my car and I asked him what he thought of the theory regarding &#039;breaking in&#039; subs before you really get down on &#039;em and demand heaps of output from them.His response was to grin at me, went and got a DMM out of the install bay, checked the settings on my monoblock for himself, and then got back in my car and gave the volume knob on my HU a very liberal twist clockwise.After bangin&#039; on it for several minutes in that fashion he turned it back down and told me to expect a bit of output increase once the suspension well and truly loosened up but there was no reason in the world to take it easy on it when it was still &quot;fresh out of the box&quot; new. This was the guy that would have had to take the hit on a warranty replacement (3 yr warranty on DAT drivers if bought from and installed by an authorized dealer ~ installation in my case being securing it into its enclosure and placing it in my trunk for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif ) if treating it that way could have damaged it.I, too, used to subscribe to the theory regarding a break-in period. In some respects it makes sense just to hear someone talk about it.Since seeing that manager crank on it straight out of the box and advise me to continue doing so once I was away from his shop I reckon it is a waste of time. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 1451100, member: 561023"] When I bought the DAT M6 12" I run currently I acquired it retail as I wanted the warranty. The manager of the shop was the one helping me "audition" the sub in my car and I asked him what he thought of the theory regarding 'breaking in' subs before you really get down on 'em and demand heaps of output from them. His response was to grin at me, went and got a DMM out of the install bay, checked the settings on my monoblock for himself, and then got back in my car and gave the volume knob on my HU a [I]very[/I] liberal twist clockwise. After bangin' on it for several minutes in that fashion he turned it back down and told me to expect a bit of output increase once the suspension well and truly loosened up but there was no reason in the world to take it easy on it when it was still "fresh out of the box" new. This was the guy that would have had to take the hit on a warranty replacement (3 yr warranty on DAT drivers if bought from and installed by an authorized dealer ~ installation in my case being securing it into its enclosure and placing it in my trunk for me [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] ) if treating it that way could have damaged it. I, too, used to subscribe to the theory regarding a break-in period. In some respects it makes sense just to hear someone talk about it. Since seeing that manager crank on it straight out of the box and advise me to continue doing so once I was away from his shop I reckon it is a waste of time. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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