Typical Speaker Break-In Time

[Zhangliqun]

Somebody give me ballpark on how many hours of playing to break in a new speaker?

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: Typical Speaker Break-In Time

For headphones you should have at least 50 hours of burn-in time before you even bother listening to them.

 

[Jeff_H]

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I assume you are talking about the speaker in your guitar amp....right? If so, it all depends on the speaker and how you play. Here's a tip....hook your stereo up to the back of the speaker, and lay it cone down on a towel or something. Play the stereo thru the speaker at moderate volume while you are at work all day. Hook it back up to your amp in the evening and see if the sound is more pleasing to you.

Rinse and repeat until it sounds the way you want it. 10-20 hours of use should put you well on your way to being broken in.

 

[ericmeyer4]

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Isnt there away to hook a battery up to the speaker and let it vibrate all day? I might have just made that up... maybe someone can pop in with a better answer.

 

[Scott_F]

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the battery trick to find polarity. i burn in my new amps with about 20 hours of medium to low signal going through the amp, just let it run overnight a few nights.

 

[JacksonMIA]

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the battery trick to find polarity.

Yep. The DC voltage from the battery will push the cone forward or backward and hold it there.

 

[MikeS]

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Was there instruction with the speaker for break in time? Not all speakers are created equal, so some will require more time than others (for instance, speakers using organic cone material and true rubber surrounds would require longer break in times than a speaker with synthetic/non-fiberous cones and surrounds).

 

[Breogan]

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Isnt there away to hook a battery up to the speaker and let it vibrate all day? I might have just made that up... maybe someone can pop in with a better answer.

In fact you didn't. This method it's explained in the weber web site FAQ.

www.tedweber.com

 

[Mephis]

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Hmm, I just plug my guitar in and crank the living **** out of the amp, for long periods of time, and of course play.

After about 3 days, my peavey was well broke in.

 

[Zhangliqun]

Re: Typical Speaker Break-In Time

Was there instruction with the speaker for break in time? Not all speakers are created equal, so some will require more time than others (for instance, speakers using organic cone material and true rubber surrounds would require longer break in times than a speaker with synthetic/non-fiberous cones and surrounds).

Haven't bought any new ones yet, just making preparations. I assume that there will be some variation from brand to brand, model to model, and even speaker to speaker, which is why used the word "ballpark".

 

[B2D]

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When I got my new Webers it took 3 or 4 good loud 2-hour gigs to get them sounding juuuust right.

 

[Zhangliqun]

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I wonder of Weber or anyone has considered selling pre-broken-in speakers. I live in an apartment and according to the Weber site's recommendations for breaking the speaker in (short of gigging and holding my nose at the stiff tone), I'd probably get evicted pretty quick.

 

[Jeff_H]

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I wonder of Weber or anyone has considered selling pre-broken-in speakers. I live in an apartment and according to the Weber site's recommendations for breaking the speaker in (short of gigging and holding my nose at the stiff tone), I'd probably get evicted pretty quick.

Yes....Avatar sells broken in speakers. They take V30's and G12-H's, break them in and then sell them as "Hellatone" speakers.

http://www.avatarspeakers.com/