Post by stratman on Oct 6, 2007 15:00:06 GMT -4
Some of you may remember i recently replaced the speakers in 2 of my amps with Celestions, my question is: is it of any great importance to 'break in' a speaker? i'm assuming it just speeds up the process of a speaker breaking itself in naturally thru use? or am i wrong? does it have a detrimental effect on a speaker if you don't go thru the process of 'breaking in'? i just wondered after reading this on Celestions web site:
How do I break in my speakers?
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.
Incidentally, i did follow this advice on 1 of my amps (the other hasn't been used yet since the speaker was fitted) i'm just figuring that surely this procedure can't be that important or surely all new amps would come with this advice.
What's your opinions/experience guys.
P.s Hope this is in the right section, figured it was a tech question rather than an amp question, apologies if i got it wrong.
How do I break in my speakers?
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.
Incidentally, i did follow this advice on 1 of my amps (the other hasn't been used yet since the speaker was fitted) i'm just figuring that surely this procedure can't be that important or surely all new amps would come with this advice.
What's your opinions/experience guys.
P.s Hope this is in the right section, figured it was a tech question rather than an amp question, apologies if i got it wrong.