Out of phase breaking in, Anywone ever hear of it?

Thanks for the reply.

It doesn't look like many folks are familiar with this technique. You have made very good points about finding the appropriate volume level to do this with.

In my experience under normal conditions many speakers never break in properly. I have found many "used" speakers that I have purchased were not broken in at all.

As an example I once pruchased a pair of Klipsch Heresey's from a professional video recording studio. They carried them around for the audio portion of their demos. The seller said that they were "too much" for their application and were going for something smaller. After using this breaking in technique the bass really opened up. I would say the low end increased by a third in apparent volume and depth. I wonder what the seller would have thought hearing the vastly improved in performance the Heresys were really capable of.

Thank you,
Ron

I have also done this for the first couple of days to expedite the process. But typically after 3-4 days, I break down and just put the speakers in my system for the rest of the break-in period.

I use this technique regularly. Works great. It makes me wish for a preamp with an old fashioned Mono switch, though.

It's a standard method of break-in. Check the thread archives and you'll find it's used often.

"It doesn't look like many folks are familiar with this technique"
Hmmmmmm,I think most who have been here and did a search (BTW FAR TOO MANY IGNORE THIS FEATURE) atleast know of this and many have tried it....not sure what gave you that idea.