breaking in a new cab?

[slade]

fingers on strings into amp into cab. repeat.

 

[edencab]

record the 1st hour and note down all the bass/amp settings.....record hour #'s 10 & 25....get someone with good ears to have a listen.......let us know

*** oh , I've heard you should rotate your speakers in the cab every 6 months to counteract gravitational pull on the cone...90 degrees the 1st time, then 45 degrees each time after that..don't want any flat spots at the bottom or stretched out suspension at the top

 

[musicman666]

^^ Lol.....thats funny! )

 

[Steve Dallman]

I've been repairing and building amps since the early 70's and have built many, many cabinets. The only speaker I ever "broke in" was a new Jensen that was tight and I needed to loosen it up. My bass cabinets with new speakers? Just played 'em.

 

[kalanb]

There was a noticeable difference after I played through an octave pedal into my new at the time Faital loaded greenboy bassic.

 

[Ric5]

I decided which cab to invest in and my first brand new bass cab ever is due to arrive this Friday (a Genzler BA12-3)... school me on what I should do to break it in? Every cab I've owned was purchased used and most were "well loved." I don't know what special care is required, if any, to get the speakers to optimum performance.

thanks

CABS DO NOT NEED TO BE BROKEN IN

 

[ofajen]

Personally, I suspect the break in period is the time it takes you to get used to the sound of the new speaker, not necessarily an actual change in the speaker. But you can never really know for sure. Won't stop people from arguing.

Otto

 

[BioWeapon]

Keep the RPMs under 7,000 for the first 1,000 miles, or should I say keep the volume under 75% for the first 10 hours.
I'm just making this up relative to how we used to be told to "break in" a new engine.

Woah and here I was thinking less than 4000rpm for the first 5000km!

 

[wmhill]

I've never broken one in, I just use it, working up the volume & lows to see what the speaker likes/dislikes. I did have a new eminence beta10 come unglued in the first couple of minutes of use (and not nearing it's max rating). It was replaced by the dealer- thought it to be a manufacturing flaw.