How to Break In your Speakers and Why you Should

There's a debate that speaker break in is a myth. That it serves no actual purpose! I think quite the opposite and here's why!

[tee-jaythestereo-bargainph]

Yes the voice coils need to break in, and seat into the magnete, then the spider surround needs to flex alot to loosen up, just like the stiff surrounds ! Speaker break in is true heres how I know 100 percent ! I bought 2 sets of the Pioneer fs52s their cheap and sound amazing for price point, i used a set for a year on my home theater and kepted the other set put up for a year. once i brought the set out that was put up for a year I had both sets hooked to my Pioneer elite SX-N30 older ones on speaker A newer ones on speaker B and wow what a difference the broken in ones sounded much better !

[ryanglenn]

I was expecting another terrible explanation on breaking in subs. You on the other hand explained it great. I'm running skar right now but I'm getting ready to install a sundown u12 on a sfb-2000 and I'm understanding how I got to do this. Thanks man.

[mustseenow]

25yrs of car audio and home audio i definitely feel its best to run-in (break-in) the speakers at least for 2 weeks at first of regular use.

[gnquijada]

My friend told me about this years ago & I finally said, "time to investigate" glad I did. I will no longer just jam out new speaker. After doing this, is it a good idea to do the same for the life of a speaker; Play low and after 5 min of driving get your desired volume.

[winfield]

This is spot on for subs.another great video my friend.

[extrasonhz]

I’m actually getting my first set of speakers since my stock door speakers blew and wanted to know what I needed to do for my new ones the video helps

[lesteranderson]

Just got my 2 12 in h evl in the skar box. Been bumping a 12 evl and 1 12inch L7. I'm currently.using kicker 1800.1 class d mono amp, but I have the skar 4500 mono amp in the box new ready to be hooked up once it gets little warmer out.

[bassbrother]

I believe in breaking in subwoofers and speakers it is definitely worth it

[jeffersononetwo]

Great video ... perfect for today as I just got in one SVS-PB1000. Plan to get another one next week but I was just wondering about this and boom - here is your vid :). sweet box!

[gk-degb]

I just got some speaker and I didn't know that you jave to break them in and I blasted some really hard bass music at loudest for like an hour and then something started to smell what do you think it is

[sychosez]

Will there be a slight burning smell from the speaker?

[jeremyvillegas]

Quick question: how do you play a test tone through your subs in a car without blowing up your door speakers? Because your using it off your head unit right?

[peterotremba]

That sub box is very cool! How did you do that?

[donellis]

How do you run a tone generator through a home theater subwoofer?

[lucidlegend]

When i dont break them in…and ive been through about 8 different sub setups with 4 different boxes….i fry em everytime…break in is 100% necessary. When i dont they just lock up on me. My beginner days were rough😮‍💨

[SpikeoutBattleStreet]

Is it only me the two drivers are like vibrating out of phase.

[averageuzi]

How long do you think it would take for a single 12 inch Memphis powered sub take

[magic]

Great stuff, I recommend the same for mid range speakers for all the chuchero guys. Break Them in.

[CupOfSweetTea]

I dont understand why this is even a question. Either 1) speakers do need to break in because they change, in which case speaker and driver designers will know quantitative details because they will need to be considered at the design process, or 2) somehow you have to believe that speakers break in and designers do not consider this and somehow it always manages to make things sound better (which means they were not designed optimally in the first place), or 3) speakers dont need to be broken in. Id suggest 2 is unacceptable as an answer, so its 1 or 3. If 1, then why dont they just make it public and put this to rest?

[velocci]

Klipsch says to play them louder than you’d normally play them during the break in period.