how long to break in speakers?

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

Just wondering how many hours i should give my components to break in? I have played them at medium volumes and not any higher so far.

How many hours? A couple, several, or alot more?

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[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

bump, it's moving fast tonight

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

a year or two

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

a year or two

thanks!!!!

no, seriously though? Or does it matter?

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

i have never broke a speaker in

to me it doesnt make a diffrance

I can see why it may be nessicary but i have never done it and never had any problems

 

[Etac 10+ year member]

some say its a myth... but personally i think it does exists kind of.. i dont htink you really run the risk of hurting anything by not waiting and how much of an affect is probaly not that noticeable... overtime the suspension would have to losen up at least a little bit.. it only makes logical sense

theyll prolly break in within 10 or less hours of music.. after that they wont do much more.. cept over the course of a long time.. theyll slowly losen up a little more

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Plug them in, play them like you normally would.

With heavy play they'll be "broke in" in under a minute. Keeping them at a "medium volume" is counter productive to loosening up the suspension.

Any other changes that occur after the ~ first minute of play will be either 1) temporary in nature, or 2) occur throughout the entire life of the speaker as the materials age/etc.

 

[endofdays89 5,000+ posts]

thanks. i let them break in for 3 hours at medium volume and then cranked them bishes and they sounded great.

 

[eykang 10+ year member]

They will still continue to change over time. It's ok though it just continues to get better. It took me about 2 months on my most recent set of components.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

I really want to see how people "measure" how long they need to break in the speakers

Your ears will adjust to the diffrance in sound (if there is any) over the course

to me it just sounds like a myth.

may by a diffrant story in comepting though

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I use a very precise, detailed method to break in all of my speakers.

1. a) I carefully install them b) making sure all connections are secure and wires are clear of pinch points etc.

2. Once finished I power the system on and listen closely at low-medium volume for exactly 13.334 seconds.

3. At that point I determine that everything IS or IS NOT a go.

If NOT I start over from 1b

If a GO - I listen as desired.

There you have it - the fool-proof method of PROPERLY breaking in your speakers.

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[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

wat

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Plug them in, play them like you normally would.
With heavy play they'll be "broke in" in under a minute. Keeping them at a "medium volume" is counter productive to loosening up the suspension.

Any other changes that occur after the ~ first minute of play will be either 1) temporary in nature, or 2) occur throughout the entire life of the speaker as the materials age/etc.

I know this is becoming more and more popular of an idea, but I have heard subs whose sound developed over the first couple weeks I owned them (playing them daily). Clearly they did not break in within the first 60 seconds, nor was it merely a situation of natural deterioration.
Ive yet to see any scientific data that proves speaker soft part compliance stops changing after the first minute of play. Since my own ears have experienced differently, Im gonna hold off on switching sides until I see some proof.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I know this is becoming more and more popular of an idea, but I have heard subs whose sound developed over the first couple weeks I owned them (playing them daily). Clearly they did not break in within the first 60 seconds, nor was it merely a situation of natural deterioration.

Couple of phenomenon could account for this. Without much thinking it would be easily attributable to; 1) psycho-acoustics (you got more used to the sound the more you used them), 2) even though you "used them" daily, you didn't "use them" enough to stretch the suspension thoroughly (subs in a ported enclosure spending most of their time playing around tuning, thus not extending much excursion during each usage).

Ive yet to see any scientific data that proves speaker soft part compliance stops changing after the first minute of play. Since my own ears have experienced differently, Im gonna hold off on switching sides until I see some proof.

I'm just here trolling at the moment.....if I get time later I'll see what all I can dig up.