I am thinking about purchasing a pair of subwoofers and went online to read reviews about it before i bought it. One said "People who don't know how to break it in give it bad reviews". What does that mean?

 

Meaning everyone was reviewing the sub without breaking it in first.

 

Anything you buy new has a break in period.

You're not supposed to push it to the max levels until at least a couple of months. If you do you're not breaking it in properly.

 

I would say something a bit different... the woofer's ability to deal with power input doesn't change as it breaks in - we are not talking about a motor.

But the way it SOUNDS changes. Bass sounds better, often, when the suspension loosens up a bit -and the published specs of the woofer are supposed to be what are measured with a woofer that HAS been broken in already, not one fresh off of the assembly line. That means that the box is built for the way the driver will be, not the way it is.