Orphean break-in (BD-Design)

by GC, Sunday, March 18, 2007, 08:34 (6259 days ago) @ kurt s

Does anyone have a good way to speed break-in of the Orphean horns. I have
the bassbins broken in. I just want to break in the new horns when they
arrive. At this high sensitivity it seems that there is not enough power
going through them to speedily break them in at normal volume levels. Is
it okay to run a sinewave signal at 20 Hz at high level and each in
inverse phase of each other indefinitely, for example? Then I won't hear
it, and it can get appreciable signal? Or is the crossover and drivers
not going to get worked out enough by doing that? I don't know how much
time it takes to break these in by just listening to them, and what to
expect. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Kurt

Hi Kurt

Not much to add to what Bert said.

A 20 Hz tone applied will not reach the driver that much due to the filter has swallowed almost all energy there.

I "loosend up" my Orpheans just by playing normal music. No torture records here.
Just left the music going the whole day. Not loud, just normal listening levels.
After 14 days I felt them "burned in", even a part of that feeling "burned in" is our own brains addaption to the "new" sound.

The before/after difference to my experience is that the Orpheans gain more resolution in the very highs over time, or said in another way, let the air out more effortless.

Congrats with your new horns BTW.

GC

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