Author Topic: Breaking in Speakers (Read 4506 times)

TomW · « **on:** December 13, 2007, 08:59:37 PM »

I've got another Celestion G12H-30 on the way and I'm just wondering if there is any way of breaking in speakers other than just playing through them? I don't get a chance to crank my amp very often and it seems to be taking ages for the G12H-30 that I've already got to break in properly.
Any ideas?

Cheers

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2007, 09:13:13 PM »

put it next to your stereo speakers, or anything that makes noise that could vibrate them

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #2 on:** December 13, 2007, 09:15:24 PM »

hook it up to your car stereo and use it as a woofer :lol:

Roobubba · « **Reply #3 on:** December 13, 2007, 10:33:01 PM »

'fraid not. It really just needs to have plenty of signal run through it for a while. I'm still breaking in my new speakers. I bloody love them, they're sounding better and better and better (than I possibly imagined!)

Roo

TomW · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2007, 09:31:47 AM »

K, well I've managed to book a room for band rehearsal all day this weekend so I'll get the amp cranked for a while and hopefully that will do the trick :twisted:

DeanS · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2007, 10:02:31 AM »

I always break my speakers in using;

CD player > headphone out > 'old solid state 150 w guitar amp> speaker cab.

I can then play any music I like- generally a whole mixture to cover all the spectrum etc. With some of the higher wattage speakers I've 'arranged' for the family (bribes involved) to go out for the day whilst it blasts away............

MDV · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2007, 11:11:15 AM »

If you can find a way to run a pink noise sample through them (download one, then line out your soundcard to the line in or something) then that works wonders for speakers.

TomW · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2007, 10:14:47 AM »

Thanks for the tips :D

sgmypod · « **Reply #8 on:** December 15, 2007, 10:46:14 AM »

Nice pic have that rainbow album on vinyl

TomW · « **Reply #9 on:** December 15, 2007, 11:51:57 AM »

Cheers, aye its one of my favourite albums, its got to be one of the best album covers of all time as well :twisted:

machine_of_god · « **Reply #10 on:** December 15, 2007, 05:15:25 PM »

When I got my cab brand new, I broke in the speakers by snatching all of my mother's gigantic, over-sized bed and couch pillows and stuffing them in front of and around the cab.

Then I dimed every knob on the head and played for like two hours. Then when I got tired, I ran my MP3 player in to it for a few hours. Then I played my guitars through it again some time later.

And repeated for a few days 8)

Though you could kinda feel the bass in the floor, the sound didn't really bother anyone too much during the normal day...

TomW · « **Reply #11 on:** December 17, 2007, 03:49:46 PM »

Thanks for the idea :D My room is now half full of quilts, pillows and towels covering my cab. I can only turn my amp up just under half way with my hotplate on before it gets abit too loud but hopefully it will still break in the speakers abit faster. :twisted:

machine_of_god · « **Reply #12 on:** December 17, 2007, 04:37:07 PM »

Fo shizzle, my nizzle 8)