sa12 break in?

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

never broke in the sa-15's i had. just wanged on em

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm may be just my ears but my sa-12 sounded deeper and better after a week or so of playin it

of course every sub ever made sounds better once the suspension has loosened up

 

[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

O good this thread again

 

[IonRL205 10+ year member]

There is a break in period that loosens up the suspension, and it will play louder and lower, but i've always just went full tilt on every sub I've owned and never had problems

 

[Jason Eden 10+ year member]

Well it seems you guys know about Sa subs so would you say 1 12 or 2 8s v2 would be better on 1000 W amp

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

Well it seems you guys know about Sa subs so would you say 1 12 or 2 8s v2 would be better on 1000 W amp

well ive ran and inatalled many of both setups..depends what do u consider "better"

 

[Jason Eden 10+ year member]

I am not really sure what I mean by that. I was looking for a good amount of bass and I have heard the eights hit really good and thought it might look cool to have two little eights pushing out good bass but the 12 would also look good. What woul hit harder. I have about 2 1/2 cf of space

 

[NASTY08IMPALA 5,000+ posts]

harder the 12 i hit 138 with mine on 1000watts...but i like the 8.s also

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

DD uses lighter spiders to make the claim their subs dont needa break in or they are pre broke in . i was refering to a sub with super stiff suspension . try pressing in a dc lvl 5 by hand and tell me it doesnt need some time for the spiders to losen

DD has some pretty stiff setups actually. AQ/DD and many others all claim they require break in prior to use. However, it has nothing to do with thermal issues what so ever. It is actually used to help over ride what would otherwise be a warrantied repair.

There is a thread where holic and I discuss this topic at great lengths where I was referring to some of my tests over a few prototype drivers (for an unnamed company) and while I didn't believe in break in it appeared to work with those drivers. However, after that discussion and going back over data I actually found that I was wrong and had to rewrite the company explaining my error and exposing what was the weak point of the drivers.

There is nothing wrong what so ever with taking it easy on a driver fresh out of the box, but to be honest it is not required on any driver. However, after the suspension is wore down a bit the T/S specs will change as will the characteristics of the driver. Which can of course cause damage if the driver has soft parts that become to weak over a given period of time.

 

[Jason Eden 10+ year member]

Well I have 2 kicker comps 12 right now on 3 to 400 watts sealed and its ok but want more will 1 Sa 12 or the 2 8 s do it for me or should I save up get new 2000 watt amp and get 2 12 I'm new to this I used stuff I already had for now but when I do my new system it will be custom box so don't want to have to redo it

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Anyone who thinks a sub needs a "break-in" time is just getting taken for a ride by the manufacturer. When people hear "break-in period" they think you need to play it at less than recommended power at a certain freq. or whatever. Its all bs:fyi:

Of course a sub sounds better after the suspension loosens up, doesnt mean you only can throw 600 watts to a 1200 watt sub until its loosened up. Its really a play on words using "broke-in" because yes you can say a sub has been "broke-in" after you play it for so long and feel its loosened up, but no reason to go low power. Let that baby play.