Is there a speaker break in procedure

[HangDawg]

I just put new Celestion Vintage 30's in my cab and wonder if they need "Broken In" somehow? All these years and I've never bought new speakers.

 

[Imaduck]

Well I've never heard of breaking in speakers, but I guess I usually don't buy them new usually either.

 

[spankenstein]

There isn't a set in stone procedure other than playing. They will mellow after a few hours of good high volume use as the surround material loosens up.


http://www.webervst.com/sptalk.html

There is a part about breaking in a little past halfway down that page.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

I just put new Celestion Vintage 30's in my cab and wonder if they need "Broken In" somehow?

Yeah -- PLAY LOTS!

 

[monty]

I recall my brother “breaking in” some speakers once. I think he was pissed at something…he simply kicked in these two nice speakers in his living room.

 

[HangDawg]

Well, I gigged with em last night. They were pretty damn smooth. A lot tighter than my 20 yr old speakers I replaced.

 

[Fusioninspace]

I've built a few sets of home audio speaker/cabs. The general rule of thumb on those is around 4-8 hours to help get things loosened up. You don't seem to get full/smooth bass response untill they are fully broken-in.

On guitar - I'm not sure that it would be very long at all. Probably around an hour.

For bass/PA applications, I'd look at 4-8 hours before I really started pushing loud/deep bass.

In reality, all speakers are probably ok after about 5 minutes