just purchased a set of dyn 240gts and i was wondering if u have to "run in" the speakers? is there anything i should know regarding this - ie not crank the volume too high etc? they will be running off a alpine V12 - mrv540 which should b giving the splits about 150wrms each side passively atm

you can crank them.... you shouldnt have any problems...


as far as running in, this could take a week, it could take 2 months...

as the glue settles, the spider/s and surround loosen, or relax and take the shape they will keep for good, the sound will change,


the sound you first hear, will be nothing like the sound in a month...

speakers almost always sound better after a few weeks

cool
so i wont do any damage to them playing ti at higher volumes as long as my settings etc r fine? definitely dun wanna damage them as theyre not exactly cheapo speakers!

thanks

'Running in Speakers"

1. Connect to amp
2. Play music

There are no moving parts in a speaker that touch each other, no "wear/run in" is necessary.

It's as much mumbo jumbo as "directional" RCA cables.

Phil

so the sound doesnt change then phil???


thats bul crap,,,

ill tell you first hand, as will many others...

the glue settles, and other things settle too

Do you deny the fact that materials, such as spiders, and rubber surrounds, loosen up over time?
And that excess glue adds weight to the moving mass, which can sometimes be burnt off via usage?

I dont believe you have to do anything special to run a driver in, just aknowledge that the sound it produces may change slightly over time due to the above mentioned reasons.

I don't think phil is talking about rubber surrounds or the sound of the speaker actually changing, which I all think we agree on, I think he is more making a reference to things like cars where you don't over rev it for the first 1000km's. Speakers it is ok to do this, as the rubber, glue surround etc will loosen up over time, but you won't damage it.

some people do like to set their speakers up on a bench, and play tones and sweeps at low volumes for a while.....like, 2 days straight...but this is with like, $2000 sets of speakers......

wearing in is kinda a bad term i think as yeah there actually isn't any parts to wear :| .....stretching in might be a better word

i've personally heard the difference with stretched in speakers over fresh out of the box but its not huge, not louder but better bass response' the top end dosen't seem to change much though mabe a little smoother but i find a bigger diference when the speaker is actually warm from use and the heat loosens everything up.

yeah the not cranking it till its worn in thing i think is some dodgy salesman talk i mean the glue is set from the factory and if it carn't handle it thats just poor manufacturing especially subs.

well i got the car back last nite and i couldnt wait to crank it!

sounds fantastic (to me) so im happy - just have to take it back in to get a final tune next weekend after everything has settled down!

thanks for all the replies