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Howdy Surfers & Surfregettes,
I read on a vendor's speaker site that one should "break in"
new speakers because the new cones are stiff and won't sound
as good as they should, however they failed to tell how one
should break in a new speaker.
Should I play the audio from exercise tapes to get 'em loosened up?
;>)
Bill, the Indentured Surf
(Waiting for my pair of Kustom KPC15 speaker cabs from Musician's Friend
to go with the new Crate Power Block!)
Incrementally increase the volume over a period of time until you
reach max playing volume.
--- In , pwrose@... wrote:
>
> Howdy Surfers & Surfregettes,
>
> I read on a vendor's speaker site that one should "break in"
> new speakers because the new cones are stiff and won't sound
> as good as they should, however they failed to tell how one
> should break in a new speaker.
>
> Should I play the audio from exercise tapes to get 'em loosened up?
> ;>)
>
> Bill, the Indentured Surf
>
> (Waiting for my pair of Kustom KPC15 speaker cabs from Musician's
Friend
> to go with the new Crate Power Block!)
>
This is what Celestion recommends on their web site:
Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable to "warm up" the
speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum.
Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up the power amp volume to
full, and control the level with the preamp gain. Use a level that will be
quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room.
Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar,
use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has more than one pick up)
and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive
playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes
and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker will continue to mature
over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way to tonal perfection in
the shortest time.
Roland Bettenville
-------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
Van: Bernie Kornowicz
Datum: 04/10/06 18:26:58
Aan:
Onderwerp: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Another Speaker Question
Incrementally increase the volume over a period of time until you
reach max playing volume.
--- In , pwrose@... wrote:
>
> Howdy Surfers & Surfregettes,
>
> I read on a vendor's speaker site that one should "break in"
> new speakers because the new cones are stiff and won't sound
> as good as they should, however they failed to tell how one
> should break in a new speaker.
>
> Should I play the audio from exercise tapes to get 'em loosened up?
> ;>)
>
> Bill, the Indentured Surf
>
> (Waiting for my pair of Kustom KPC15 speaker cabs from Musician's
Friend
> to go with the new Crate Power Block!)
>
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Bill,
I would highly discount this as so much "pie in the sky".
After nearly a century of making speakers and such, I tend
to think that we've had heard of this by now, if it were
real. Can you give us a link to where you read that, please?
unlunf
--- In , pwrose@... wrote:
>
> Howdy Surfers & Surfregettes,
>
> I read on a vendor's speaker site that one should "break in"
> new speakers because the new cones are stiff and won't sound
> as good as they should, however they failed to tell how one
> should break in a new speaker.
>
> Should I play the audio from exercise tapes to get 'em loosened up?
> ;>)
>
> Bill, the Indentured Surf
>
> (Waiting for my pair of Kustom KPC15 speaker cabs from Musician's
> Friend to go with the new Crate Power Block!)
>
I've heard of people putting new speakers in front of
HiFi speakers play an Urban station for an extended
amount of time to loosen up the motor. Some companys
like THD, and Matchless do treatments to new speakers
to "age" them.
In the old days we a had a process: Play real loud
until the cops came-Repeat.-dave
--- Roland Bettenville <>
wrote:
> This is what Celestion recommends on their web site:
>
> Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable
> to "warm up" the
> speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level
> playing or background hum.
> Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up
> the power amp volume to
> full, and control the level with the preamp gain.
> Use a level that will be
> quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room.
> Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at
> least half. On your guitar,
> use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has
> more than one pick up)
> and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open
> chords, and chunky percussive
> playing. This will get the cone moving, and should
> excite all the cone modes
> and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker
> will continue to mature
> over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way
> to tonal perfection in
> the shortest time.
>
>
>
> Roland Bettenville
>
>
>
>
> -------Oorspronkelijk bericht-------
>
> Van: Bernie Kornowicz
> Datum: 04/10/06 18:26:58
> Aan:
> Onderwerp: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Another Speaker
> Question
>
> Incrementally increase the volume over a period of
> time until you
> reach max playing volume.
>
>
> --- In , pwrose@...
> wrote:
> >
> > Howdy Surfers & Surfregettes,
> >
> > I read on a vendor's speaker site that one should
> "break in"
> > new speakers because the new cones are stiff and
> won't sound
> > as good as they should, however they failed to
> tell how one
> > should break in a new speaker.
> >
> > Should I play the audio from exercise tapes to get
> 'em loosened up?
> > ;>)
> >
> > Bill, the Indentured Surf
> >
> > (Waiting for my pair of Kustom KPC15 speaker cabs
> from Musician's
> Friend
> > to go with the new Crate Power Block!)
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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