x911gt2

DOn't know if this is true or not, but someone told me they read that new speakers have a break in period where you shouldn't give them too much juice...is this true?

jiggaman

i wouldn't be too worried about breaking them in.

dabuda

havent heard about this before...but if you want to be on the safe side dont blast ur music

jlukja

I asked this same question a few months ago and didn't get any bites. I think (and this may be my imagination at work here) that the speakers sound better after a month or so. My guess is that the cone material is stiffer and less flexible when new and by useage at progressively higher and higher volumes (i.e. larger magnet excursions resluting in cone material stretching and flexing) the speakers "break-in". Any comments or am I just talking out of my?

Dan Martin

I can agree with you about speaker break in. They do seem to loosen up after a month or so of casual use.

slobeatz

Break in mostly has to so with the sound quality. Some people think that speakers do have to be broken in, and some people think it's actually your brain adjusting to the characteristics of the sound.

I think both may be important, but more due to the latter.

Some speaker manufacturers do suggest you break their speakers in for 50-100 hours before really pushing them though.

jiggaman

it's been my experience with the TSX that the speakers sound better when you replace them with better ones.

musicbox

It's been my experience that subwoofers have a noticable sound change after they are "broken in"...but this happens very quickly, like probably like an hour or 2, maybe less ? After the gains are set, I usually run subs pretty hard to purposely break them in.

I've never heard of keeping the volume down for "break-in". Usually with electronics (I know speakers are part electronics/part mechanical) you run them hard to start, and then if they are "destine to fail", it happens right away...

I've never noticed sound change with other speakers...

dabuda

or with any other car for that matter

dzuy

agreed.

jiggaman

jlukja

But, then, do you need to "break in" the better ones?

dzuy

yes, you break them in by turning the volume all the up and leaving it that way overnight.

Helicobacter Pylori

stupid duzy, that's battery break-in!!

Deelover

I broke my stock speakers in by throwing them in the garbage and installing Alpines. When you take the door speakers out and see how cheap they are, you will be surprised.

elduderino

ALL speakers require break-in to sound better.

However, that has nothing to do with speaker failure. Non-broken-in speakers are no less reliable than broken-in speakers.

"Breaking in" simply refers to the suspension parts of the speaker being exercised enough to attain their intended flexibility/stiffness.

dzuy

jlukja

Thank you. I knew it wasn't just my imagination.