Putting in a new 12" Kicker sub tomorrow and I was wondering if there should be any type of break in period for it. Should I only turn the music up a little until the subs voice coil wears in or doesnt it matter and can I start pumping it up really loud right away?

 

You should wait until the adhesives used to hold it together fully cure. This happens before you buy it. The only people who will have an argument about this will have no proof, and will have $300 power cables for $30,000 home stereo systems that sound as good as my $$$ system, to me.

Keep the volume down so it doesn't make you deaf, and you'll be fine.

 

I use a break-in period everytime I get in the car. I don't turn them up full blast right away if I'm going to be listening to a ton of pounding... I gradually turn them up so the speakers "warm up" in a sense. Give them a chance to expand rather than going from cold and static to deep with nothing between.

I don't know that there's any science to this, it just makes sense in my head.

 

i completely agree with the above, if its below freezing turn em up slow..

 

Personally I wouldn't turn up a new speaker to full. The foam around the edges only knows one position. This is just me, but I break in my subs.

It is a good idea to observe majiks cold weather precautions.

 

I always do the warmup thing in the winter months as well. Again, no science, but it does seem to make sense.

 

As long as its a good clean signal producing good clean bass to your subs, with no distortion, I repeat, NO DISTORTION, you should be good to go. Enjoy it! Infact, the more you listen to it in a mid to mid high level, the quicker your sub should break in. Say, over the course of about a month. You'll actually get more sound out of it as the surround loosens up and the sub settles in.

I'd agree with the folks above. When its cold, start low to medium low for a few songs, then medium, then loud if you want. Again, just common sense, no need for a fancy scientific study. If you abuse your equipment, whats when you are likely to have problems.