In Reply to: is speaker break-in real? posted by ph5y on June 19, 2017 at 06:15:00:
I recently DIY built one subwoofer to make a stereo sub setup. NEW drivers and amps. So I used a test tone and SPL meter to balance the best I could.
I set the new sub using my SPL meter and recorded different levels at various tone levels. Well, I got busy and come back to it two or three weeks later. No settings were changed but the tones in the 50-70hz range increased about 3-5db. Don't take too much on the actual values because these are "rough" measurement techniques.
Again I don't believe in the magical mystical break in myth. But there is a small degree of break in. And again, if it doesn't sound right at first play no amount of break in is going to fix that.
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- It's not scientific proof but this is what happened to me - airtime 08:45:03 06/20/17 (11)
- RE: It's not scientific proof but this is what happened to me - ahendler 16:42:39 06/20/17 (10)
- "So some speakers definitely breakin." - volunteer 05:09:37 06/21/17 (9)
- RE: "So some speakers definitely breakin." - ahendler 05:29:04 06/21/17 (8)
- RE: "So some speakers definitely breakin." - 3db 03:04:37 06/22/17 (2)
- RE: "So some speakers definitely breakin." - ahendler 07:25:32 06/22/17 (0)
- That's an easy one. - Dave Pogue 04:41:45 06/22/17 (0)
- Gallo speakers and their legendary break-in needs - Dave Pogue 06:31:31 06/21/17 (4)
- You nailed it! - David S. 15:27:24 06/21/17 (0)
- Yes, most definitely true. - MikeCh 15:20:06 06/21/17 (2)
- RE: Yes, most definitely true. - 3db 03:08:00 06/22/17 (0)
- RE: Yes, most definitely true. - airtime 19:23:01 06/21/17 (0)