Breaking in new speakers

[Stevepage]

Alright guys. What's the best way of breaking in speakers right? I swapped the Classic Lead 80's in my Laney combo for a pair of G12K-100's. Much better bass responce and much nicer high end and mids. But it's the first time I've changed speakers so I've never had to break in speakers before.

How do I go about it?

[Crazy_Joe]

Play it a hell of a lot :lol:

That's what i did.

[hamfist]

Any signal you can put through the speakers will help (the louder the better), so long as it is within the speaker's capabilities.
  Sometimes, I like to play mp3's of dance music through speakers to break them in - ideally first putting the speaker cab in a position where it will not hugely annoy your neighbours.

[ailean]

I'm not sure it's possible to break in 2x100w speakers and not annoy the neighbours. Unless you have a concrete bunker.

If you are living with anyone you like appologise now.  :twisted:

[JJretroTONEGOD]

I recommend playing mp3's or a mini disk player through it, for 15 minutes on ~MAX but do it in the middle of the day, and make sure the music has lots of low and high frequencies in it, especially bass heavy stuff really loosens the speaker cone. Recently did this with my Celestion G10 and it's all it's needed, totally broke in now, but be warned it was ultra loud, and thats with a 60 watt speaker, so 100 will be LOUD! try putting it face down onto a bed, so it makes less harsh noises, or build an aneonic chamber, with 8 foot thick walls.

[hamfist]

I recommend playing mp3's or a mini disk player through it, for 15 minutes on ~MAX but do it in the middle of the day, and make sure the music has lots of low and high frequencies in it, especially bass heavy stuff really loosens the speaker cone. Recently did this with my Celestion G10 and it's all it's needed, totally broke in now, but be warned it was ultra loud, and thats with a 60 watt speaker, so 100 will be LOUD! try putting it face down onto a bed, so it makes less harsh noises, or build an aneonic chamber, with 8 foot thick walls.

I'd be a bit careful about putting too much bass through guitar speakers. The cones are not designed to take loud bass signals. It would be a pity to ruin some brand new speakers by overloading them with bass.
  So my advice would be .... loud - yes ..... but with a fairly frequency-balanced signal.
  And the advice of turning a closed back cab face down (on a carpet or bed) is invaluable for retaining good neighbourly relations. The manouvre would, of course, be completely pointless with an open-backed cab.

[Stevepage]

Yeah my cab is pretty much open back. I could stick some pillows behind the cab too  :lol:

[hamfist]

Yeah my cab is pretty much open back. I could stick some pillows behind the cab too  :lol:

You could. Why not.