Proper Break in????

[brs954 10+ year member]

What would be the proper break in time for the MA's????

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[smokeoff 10+ year member]

For most subs it is basicly don't run amp at full power for about a week. then start increasing it till it sounds good to you.

 

[Shugarra 10+ year member]

It's probably different for subwoofers but about a month ago I bought a set of kind of high end components. The guy that sold them to me said they take about 50 hours of play time to break in. I thought that was a little excessive but it has actually taken about that long. They didn't really start moving until just recently and I listen to my stereo 2-3 hours a day on most days.

 

[brs954 10+ year member]

What would be a good breakin song for subs???

And should I only put the amp up half or quarter or what??

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

I don't believe in a "break in" period for a sub.

Wide open for me from day one with all the subs I've ever owned without ever having a problem.

 

[brs954 10+ year member]

The thing is... I do believe in a break in period because I have seen what not using one can do to a sub.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

 

[Alpine CDA-9815 10+ year member]

Well if you want to break them in... which I don't know if there really is such a thing. Just keep the amp at half for a week, and the volum no more then half way. Then after that week adjust the amp to what the subs can handle and that's that.

 

[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

plug em into a wall. that should wake em up

lol, just playing, no need for break in, just treat them nicely for a day and ur good to go.

 

[AVB100 10+ year member]

plug em into a wall. that should wake em up

Wow

I've never even heard of breaking in speakers.....although I probably ran through a similar process just by coincidence. I bought my sub a few weeks ago, and at first I wasn't used to hearing all those low tones, so I kept pretty low gains. After a couple days, I noticed that the low end was kinda weak, and that I was hearing more of my mids and highs than my bass. So, I looked at my amp...a long story made short, my sub gain was turned about half-way up, my bass boost was still off, and the rest of my gains came down, as of yesterday. As of today, my sub gain is topped out, and my bass boost is at about 10dB. Suddenly, I enjoy the way my seats shake like mad, and my hair stands on end with about 2/3 volume from my deck. So, there you have it.

My name is Adam, and I'm a bass addict.

 

[60_cent 10+ year member]

Some speaker or subs do sound better after a little bit of use, maybe because everything loosens up but I don't thing a "break in" period is called for.

Some companies actually send something in the box saying that you need to break in the subs...

 

[BDIDDY 10+ year member]

The thing is... I do believe in a break in period because I have seen what not using one can do to a sub.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!

You do believe in wasting your time too...huh?.......

 

[desi_daru 10+ year member]

^^^^^^^^^^

no need for this nonsense, u believe or dont beleive in 1 thing, always gonna b like that..... no need to diss him up

 

[BDIDDY 10+ year member]

I guess some people will never learn....

 

[jbl_marshall21 10+ year member]

the tempest need a break in. got it on thursday and didn't really sound loud till about sunday. saturday was the first day i turned it past half, and u could really smell the glue burning. i loved everysecond of it.

treat a sub like a car engine, would u rev up an engine to red line if it has 50 miles on it? nope

 

[Pete 10+ year member]

do I own the car or am I just test driving it?