Sub break in period
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Topic: Sub break in period
Posted By: allmet33
Subject: Sub break in period
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 10:45 AM
I just purchased an Alpine SWR-1022D sub and I'd like to know how long it takes to properly break the sub in. Does that mean to only play the sub moderately for that time period? Thanks. Mike ------------- '06 Hyundai Azera - Pioneer FH-P4200MP / Factory center channel & tweeters / Infinity Kappa 62.7i's; all 4 doors, 2 Phoenix Gold Xenon 10D2 10" subs pushed w/Phoenix Gold Xenon 600.1 amp
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Posted By: oscarnl86
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 11:09 AM
usually what i do is let it play at a low volume for about 5-10 min then raise the volume little by little and never had any problems. just dont hook em up and have them blasting
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Does a tire come with a instruction that says do not drive above 50 km/h for the first 10 days? Play that SOB and enjoy it.
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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Ahhh, but on an F1, or Nascar...you DO need to warm up the tires, or your gonna suffer 
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 12:49 PM
When you build a new HiPo motor for your Dodge...do you break it in...? I know, look at what happens at the drag strip. They have huge pockets, and the motor only needs to last 5 seconds.
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 2:04 PM
The break in period is suggested to protect the sub. Many times people replace an existing sub without re-adjusting volume/gain/bass boost settings within their systems and damage the new sub because of it. Suggesting a break-in period will give the user time to find these things and adjust them before any damage is done.
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 2:35 PM
WFO from the minute I drive out of the bay. There is no such thing as a "break-in" for subs. If there were, there would be significant changes in the mechanical portions of the T/S parameters, and I have never seen any, even months or years later.. It's a myth.
Steven Kephart wrote:
The break in period is suggested to protect the sub. Many times people replace an existing sub without re-adjusting volume/gain/bass boost settings within their systems and damage the new sub because of it. Suggesting a break-in period will give the user time to find these things and adjust them before any damage is done.
However, Steven is correct in this case... It is not necessarily to "break-in" the sub, but to determine proper settings and to protect the sub from incorrect settings. ------------- It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: allmet33
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 2:59 PM
Gentlemen... Thank you for the input. The break-in period was something I had heard about and just wanted to be sure. I have tweaked the settings on the amp since replacing the orginal sub I had and I guess now to see if it works right...I gotta crank that sucker up and see how it sounds! Enjoy your weekend!!! Mike ------------- '06 Hyundai Azera - Pioneer FH-P4200MP / Factory center channel & tweeters / Infinity Kappa 62.7i's; all 4 doors, 2 Phoenix Gold Xenon 10D2 10" subs pushed w/Phoenix Gold Xenon 600.1 amp
Posted By: Steven Kephart
Date Posted: August 11, 2006 at 7:14 PM
haemphyst wrote:
WFO from the minute I drive out of the bay. There is no such thing as a "break-in" for subs. If there were, there would be significant changes in the mechanical portions of the T/S parameters, and I have never seen any, even months or years later.. It's a myth.
Steven Kephart wrote:
The break in period is suggested to protect the sub. Many times people replace an existing sub without re-adjusting volume/gain/bass boost settings within their systems and damage the new sub because of it. Suggesting a break-in period will give the user time to find these things and adjust them before any damage is done.
However, Steven is correct in this case... It is not necessarily to "break-in" the sub, but to determine proper settings and to protect the sub from incorrect settings.
Technically there is as a brand new suspension is stiffer. However once it is played, it imediately loosens up to it's designed Cms. This most likely already happened one the subs we purchase at the manufacturing plant during the buzz and rub test.
Posted By: cloak559
Date Posted: August 12, 2006 at 12:08 AM
I've had a coil lead snap the first time I played it wide open. I guess I didnt give it time to loosen up... ------------- '89 Mercedes-Benz 300E
Pioneer DEH-5900UB
(2)RE Audio SX 10"s
(1)US Amps MD3D
3ft^3 @ 37Hz
Blowing up in a car accident doesnt worry me, as long as I'm putting out some major dB's when I die...
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 12, 2006 at 10:37 AM
SOME loudspeakers absolutely do benefit from breaking in. It really has NOTHING to do with damage to the speaker, it has to do with getting them to sound better. As the speaker motor works over time, some components can become more compliant and the speaker simply performs better. cloak559, if you had a "coil lead snap" either the speaker was poorly designed, it had a manufacturing defect, or you forced it into an over-excursion condition. Damage like that would have nothing to do with "speaker break-in." ------------- Support the12volt.com
Posted By: cloak559
Date Posted: August 12, 2006 at 8:43 PM
DYohn] wrote:
P>cloak559, if you had a "coil lead snap" either the speaker was poorly designed, it had a manufacturing defect, or you forced it into an over-excursion condition. Damage like that would have nothing to do with "speaker break-in."
It was an xPlode-12...so it probably suffered from all of the above.... ------------- '89 Mercedes-Benz 300E
Pioneer DEH-5900UB
(2)RE Audio SX 10"s
(1)US Amps MD3D
3ft^3 @ 37Hz
Blowing up in a car accident doesnt worry me, as long as I'm putting out some major dB's when I die...
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: August 13, 2006 at 1:09 AM
or they xplodes just suck and are made to explode
Posted By: trustyrusty
Date Posted: August 13, 2006 at 11:41 AM
Found this article randomly while i was searching for something else, but it looks like it pertains directly to this topic. I haven't looked it all over in that much depth, but its got some useful data and information in it about breaking in subwoofers.
https://www.gr-research.com/burnin.htm
Dan Wiggins from Adire has a really good section in it at the bottom which kind of summed up the article for me after my eyes got blurry from all the numbers, 
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