Speaker Break-in


What is the best way to break-in speakers?

I was thinking of using my tuner. Can this be done at a low volume or do the speaker cones need to be "moving"?
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Showing 1 response by beavis

If they have a front grill perpendicular to the bottom, place them in a basement, spare room, garage or another dry out of the way place face-to-face, hook them up out of phase to an amp & tuner or CDP, throw a thick blanket over them and turn up the volume. The theory is: being out of phase the speakers will cancel each other out.

The thick blanket will help with stray high-frequencies. In practice, however, you'll have to deal with stray low-frequencies.

The speakers won't be absolutely silent but is much better than the alternative.

Good luck.