brokem in.... now what.

[jonbearsmt 919]

alright for about 2 months now i have been breakin in my 15 inch bls...... so can i feed them more power now?? or should i stay the same?

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

how much power are you feeding them?

[jonbearsmt 919]

how much power are you feeding them?

lol well thats hard to say..... i have a saz 3000d. and 2 near fully loaded BL's in a 6 foot after displacment box tuned at 33 hrz.

i know this means NOTHING.. but i have the gain up just under half way, no bass boost sub sonic at its lowest, and its 1 ohm.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

I think you'd need to get your set up on a scope to find out if you sending it all the clean power you can. If you do have some power on reserve thats "clean" i'd give them a little more. Just me though.

[jonbearsmt 919]

if i only knew anyone localy that had a O scope... or even know what one is!..... i would settle for someone that knew how to use one.... i would buy it.... but i dont...

i was thinkin just a lil more power... see how thay handle it, i have plenty reserve power left on the amp, i can run hard for 30 mins and the amp never gets near hot..... so i just wanted to make sure that my thoughts of a little more power is in order for these sexy subs.

thanks ssa brother.

[JimJ 11]

Just...keep using them?

I've never understood the idea of a separate "break in" period, the speaker breaks in during normal use regardless.

I'd also be very careful with playing around with more power, especially when you don't know what your signal looks like now. Simply adding more power is by far the worst way to get louder, you run a much higher chance of sending square waves to your subs than actually noticing a difference by ear...

[jonbearsmt 919]

well yeah i would not leave it if it didnt sound any diffrent.. if it sounds better or deeper or any better i would leave it.. but if there is little change or the subs look or act diffrent, i would change them back to my old settings........

but i have always looked at a sub just like a new motor in your car.... there is allways a break in time... you would never start up a brand new motor and hot rod it if you want it to last anytime at all right???? u give it time to find its grove... and then wang it....

but i know what your sayin jim.... if its not broke dont fix it kinda deal right?

[JimJ 11]

but i have always looked at a sub just like a new motor in your car.... there is allways a break in time... you would never start up a brand new motor and hot rod it if you want it to last anytime at all right???? u give it time to find its grove... and then wang it....

That analogy doesn't work so well with speakers.

[jonbearsmt 919]

but i have always looked at a sub just like a new motor in your car.... there is allways a break in time... you would never start up a brand new motor and hot rod it if you want it to last anytime at all right???? u give it time to find its grove... and then wang it....

That analogy doesn't work so well with speakers.

not even a little?

[JimJ 11]

Not even a little.

The only potential caveat I could see are SPL competitors, who sometimes like to send drivers to near Xmech in order to loosen up the suspension faster, if they gain with the spiders/suspension being looser...but if I have a driver rated for 100W of power, and I send 100W of power on it from the day it arrives, it's not going to wear out faster than if I only sent 25W to it the first three months I own it.

[///M5 2,833]

I agree 1000% with Jim. In a daily driver there is no such thing as a required break in period. The only thing you need to do is turn it up slow the first time to make sure your connections are okay and there isn't any other product or installation issue. After that wang away like you always would. The one warning I would say is that if you set your gains by ear you could be overgained once the driver does break in as it will soften up. Either way listening for stress is something you should do all the time anyways.

[jonbearsmt 919]

sweet thanks sean, thanks jim and ssa co owner that i dont know the name of:D

Edited March 10, 2008 by bigjon

[ford302redneck 15]

Just...keep using them?

I've never understood the idea of a separate "break in" period, the speaker breaks in during normal use regardless.

I'd also be very careful with playing around with more power, especially when you don't know what your signal looks like now. Simply adding more power is by far the worst way to get louder, you run a much higher chance of sending square waves to your subs than actually noticing a difference by ear...

x2.

~1500rms to each BL is plenty.

[jonbearsmt 919]

what is the math to finding out howmany watts im pushing with a DMM

[ford302redneck 15]

Its hard to tell, with just a DMM.

You will need a true RMS clamp meter, and a DMM to find true RMS.

Voltage x current, gives u RMS

voltage / current, gives u rises(in ohms)