How do you properly break-in a pair of speakers?


I just purchased a pair of speakers. I know a new pair needs time to run-in (usually 200 hours, or more). My question is, is there a particular way to do this? At what volume? and so on.

Thanks in advance for your expertise, guys.
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Run the speakers like you were breaking in a car motor. That is, drive them the way you would normally with jsut a bit more respect i.e. no instantaneous throttle stomping ( cranking the volume ). This allows the capacitors to form. Once you've got a little bit of time on them ( a few days ), feel free to use the gain control quite a bit more liberally. There is no need to crank the tar out of the system or push things beyond the point that you would normally use them. Some of those methods will speed up the process, but it will still take time and use for the suspension to loosen up. There will be gradual changes as you use them but it will be quite gradual day by day. When the drivers have loosened up, it will be like the bass just "let loose". In my experience, it can be a drastic change that just seems to happen all at once. Either way, enjoy what you have and listen to some tunes : ) Sean
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