A Speaker Breakin Idea -?

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Hello
I'm thinking of buying Meadowlark ShearWater speakers.
These speakers have a 200-300 hour breakin period. Based on the 1.5 hour maximum I can normally play them per day I'm looking at 6 months to break them in (way to long for me). However if I could play them continuously they would be broken in after 13 days. But my listening room is used for other things during the day while I am at work and during most of the night playing speakers would probably disturb sleeping children so fast breakin is not an option in my listening room.
I have an idea to break these puppies in quickly, please tell me if this would produce any damage or a less than optimal broken in speaker. I would bring the speakers into a corner in the basement of my house. Then place them facing each other about 4 feet apart. I'd wire then up to an old solid state amp and CD player set to play random and continuously. Then I would put a 2x4 from the top of one speaker to the top of the other and drape old sleeping bags and carpet over the 2x4 to muffle the sound. I'd let them play like this continously for 13 days. I'd check them occasionaly and maybe change the CD title and amplifier volume now and then - whatcha think?

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Topic - A Speaker Breakin Idea -? - SpeakEasy 14:23:06 01/03/02 (8)

I like the outta phase plan.... - TIC 11:45:03 01/04/02 (0)

Closer & out of phase - carbonman 17:11:07 01/03/02 (0)

Re: A Speaker Breakin Idea -? - Tiny 14:36:17 01/03/02 (0)

Re: A Speaker Breakin Idea -? - Cut-Throat 14:31:34 01/03/02 (4)

Cut-Throat is right - SteveB 09:45:44 01/04/02 (0)

I beg to differ, especially with regard to panel speakers. The changes are NOT subtle! [nt] - David Spear 20:08:36 01/03/02 (2)

We agree to disagree ! (nt) - Cut-Throat 06:49:54 01/04/02 (1)

Truth somewhere in the middle... - MAP 12:21:51 01/04/02 (0)

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