How to CORRECTLY break-in a sub??

[LoggedOut 10+ year member]

220v @ 20 amps from your dryer's wall connection will loosen it right up.

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[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Step 1: Install sub

Step 2: Set gains

Step 3: Play music

Step 4: ???

Step 5: Profit

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

depends the sub. only subs with many stacked spiders do i ever break in by taking it easy. otherwise i burp full til out the box...

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

:facepalm:
you dont need to break it in. play it, it will loosen up on its own.

subs dont blow because of breakin processes, they blow because of misuse (power beyond thermal/mechanical limits, etc etc)

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[swx1042 10+ year member]

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

if the sub builder used quality stuff to glue the spider and surround down you shouldn't have a problem playing it straight out the box. but there's nothing wrong with allowing the suspension time to loosen up by playing at low volumes for 10-20hours

So aq reccomends breaking in the subs they make because they aren't well built probably?

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

You don't need to have a break in procedure for subs. Period. You put the sub in a box and play it. It will loosen up on it's own. If you choose to do otherwise, your wasting your own time.

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

i beat the hell out of my sub out the box,it loosened up just fine and got louder...

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

i think you're missing the point.
you can take your time, feed a 1krms sub 200watts for a month, and let it break in that way

you can put a 1k 20hz tone on it for 15 seconds, and let it break it in that way.

no matter what you do, the sub will BE THE SAME after it is broken in. You wont have any gain from breaking a sub in over time or in 10 seconds, it will perform exactly the same either way.

thats not totaly true...

take a sub new in the box and test it with a wt3 and see what the specs are then put 20 or so hours of play time and then re test it. the specs will not be the same. most subs will play lower after a few hours of run time then they will bnitb.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

You don't need to have a break in procedure for subs. Period. You put the sub in a box and play it. It will loosen up on it's own. If you choose to do otherwise, your wasting your own time.

Exactly.

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

took about 3 weeks for my l7 15 to break in maybe 2 but i noticed after about 3 and i never took it easy lol i but i had gain bass boost etc tuned by a pro

Bass boost and pro should not be in the same sentence.

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

basscut!

 

[Notloud00 10+ year member]

I drive around and play 25 hz or so. Make sure the sub is a few volume knob clicks away from bottoming out.

did u do that with ur hdc3s?

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

did u do that with ur hdc3s?

The 18 that I have still isn't broken in and i drove around for about a week playing test tones. I don't understand why the spiders on it are different from the 15's that my teammate has. It's way too stiff for a copper coil.

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

Never ever broken in a sub.