"Breaking in new speakers" Anything to add?

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Dr.Decibel said:
Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable to "warm up" the speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum.

Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up the power amp volume to full, and control the level with the preamp gain. Use a level that will be quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room.

Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar, use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has more than one pick up) and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker will continue to mature over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way to tonal perfection in the shortest time.
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This is from the Celestion website~Does anyone have anything to add?

(Oh yeah, I just got a new Avatar 2x12 in the mail!!! :cool: :) )
 
I've read a few different ways to break in speakers but that sounds like the quickest.
 
while i'm sure it wont hurt it ... there's absolutely no reason to do it... MYTH !!!
 
I'd like to know how avatar makes their Hellatone speakers, it seems pretty much the same process but at the same price as a regular celestion vint. 30
 
I thought you had to warm-up a speaker(s) everytime you were going to
use them at a loud volume... Starting with a low(er) volume for the first
few minutes.
 
dementedchord said:
coming from a guy that believes recievers have compression built in... yeah right...
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i don't know what receivers have in them these days. i haven't bought one in years. from that other thread, it sounded like the guy's signal chain has some compression going on some where. maybe the guy is listening thru his tv, the hell if i know. he didn't say. i must have missed your wise advice in that thread.

i have heard well used vs. new speakers and they did sound different to my ears. have you listened for yourself or are you just reciting something that you heard from someone else?
 
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