Good idea to "break in" speakers/sub? (i.e. loop Chronic 2001 at full volume)

[frankqfrank]

I recently got a set of Logitech z560's. They're loud, and I really like them. I have read in a few reviews that alot of people have trouble with them breaking after extended periods of loud use. The sub especially gets pretty hot.

Will playing them at a pretty loud volume for controlled periods of time help to "break them in" or "burn them in," by which I mean prevent them from breaking should I ever want to blast Nelly for hours on end. Thanks for the responses, I always gets scared when the volume knob get up near 75%.

 

[cholley]

i doubt that you need to break in your speakers or any solid stste device

 

[GAZZA]

Well I've never heard of a need for breakin in speakers before ,especially at high volume where your more at risk of getting your legs broke from the neighbours or bleeing from the ears

 

[frankqfrank]

Thanks for the responses, I wouldn't think so but I was worried about blowing them out and would try just about anything to prevent that, I think I'm actually gonna try to figure out some way to cool the big heatsink on the sub.

 

[amdskip]

someone needs to make a website dedicated to modding Z560's with panaflo fans on the heatsink

 

[daveshel]

There is some logic to a sort of break-in for speakers, but it has nothing to do with the speakers.

Most speaker damage is caused by thermal damage - burned spots - on the voice coil. This is usually caused by overdriving or 'clipping' your amplifier. If you ask an amplifier for more amplification that it can supply, it responds by losing the upper portions of the sine waves that make up audio signals, hence clipping. The resultant square waves burn the voice coil. The first indication of clipping is audible distortion.
So the real break-in consists of finding out how loud you can play it without getting the distortion that indicates the clipping that is responsible for most speaker failure.

The irony is that if you blow your speakers by playing them loud, blame it on inadequate power rather than excessive power. Amplifiers that can deliver more power can play louder before they run out of the requesite headroom to amplify the whole signal, so they don't go into clipping.

 

[Lithium381]

Break 'em in at a low/moderate volume before blasting them.......