You should swap those rings in your ears with some 1 inch drivers XD
@danimalz_42784 жыл бұрын
Whyy lmfao
@myboy0514 жыл бұрын
😂
@thedynamicd854 жыл бұрын
lordt! lmao!
@brendonnanhoo41974 жыл бұрын
😂
@Basshead3044 жыл бұрын
That's a cool idea for gauges
@DirtyDiezel3 жыл бұрын
very good explanation! Now if the factory could only break them in before they package and ship them that would be great.
@raffiequler75103 жыл бұрын
And you will pay for it, I guess.
@codynelson60813 жыл бұрын
If you’re buying DD subs you’re most certainly already paying for it. Should already be done imo.
@jasonyoung16082 жыл бұрын
Lol
@RandoManFPV2 жыл бұрын
I think all companies should break in all subs as a form of quality control. Not to mention the people that don't know they need to break them in and try to give then full power right out the package. Sub breaks and then it's "their own fault"
@Bobcatspiritdude Жыл бұрын
@rando man Or at least putting a warning label on all boxes That the subber should be broken in
@richardduvall56303 жыл бұрын
Proper breakin is key, great video! Have had the same subwoofers for 11 years now and still kickin!
@fredy0008 ай бұрын
damn
@MrRotery73 жыл бұрын
Full tilt out the box!! No fuxs given lol
@mattesser98904 жыл бұрын
These videos need more views!!! Great work
@uncleladdod4086 ай бұрын
Well, I'm from the old school way of break-in. Setup my amplifier spec to final load ( so you don't have to re-tone it later ) play 4 to 5 different tracks " song's " with different bass hits for about the first two weeks at about 10 to 15 percent volume. Each time i lower the volume for cooling off period. Start to increase the volume after two weeks until i reach about 50% volume. Once i hit that level, I'll just turn it down for a song or two before turning off vehicle. Never had any issues 😎👍🏾
@jakewelsh10024 жыл бұрын
I Use the ghost tone frequency track. It’s a continuous 12hrs of 18.98hz. During the free air it sounds like a helicopter chopping during a landing
@GeordiePrepper3 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's a very nice frequency, it does sound like a choppa! Like in the beginning of Apocalypse Now. Going to use that in my next subwoofer break in video.
i was watching this in my truck and when he made the joke about bass demos the video gave me one 😆
@januarymorris90874 жыл бұрын
If like to hear the differences in the 2500 series all the way up to at least the 9500 series
@SubwooferGym2 жыл бұрын
Had my 3512 esp moving over 2 inches right off the bat for a very low bass setup. After 1-1.5 months it stopped noticeably breaking in; either by hand or by ear
@anthonyabner57533 жыл бұрын
Great video
@junballs657611 ай бұрын
Where I live especially my environment I don't have the luxury of breaking in my subs. I'll just to naturally have it break in by just paying music. Sub is still stiff like new. Had it for 2yrs already. Lol. But it sounds better each time I play tracks with bass notes on my drive to work. Sundown stated dont need to break in.
@roydedrick83702 ай бұрын
Thank you. Very informative.
@hippo-potamus4 жыл бұрын
Is there any danger of coil heat damage by playing a continuous tone for hours on end? Or is the subwoofer designed to play indefinitely so long as the power is at or below its rms? And lastly is there a away to determine the subwoofers coil thermal limit? Thanks for your reply. -Cheers mate.
@lkjyuiop19874 жыл бұрын
I’m sure if you stay in the RMS the sub is made to take the pounding
@FSXgta3 жыл бұрын
technically a sub should play indefinitely at RMS if it's rated properly. But since the resistance lowers over time of breaking in, it might go over max RMS. So keep it a step or two below RMS
@evilinside5984 Жыл бұрын
@@FSXgtaNo subwoofer will play indefinitely, with its power rating. Power over time will heat it up and fail, even if playing @ a power level that is under a legitimate power rating.
@michaelzernie70923 жыл бұрын
Well said. Perfect explanation. Sharing this video
@shepherdofelo11224 жыл бұрын
What about midrange or tweeters?
@FSXgta3 жыл бұрын
mid ranges are usually smaller and travel much less because they don't go very low. They break in faster. Tweeters move so little that they should be fully broken in already in the factory testing...
@shlahlakaswelankosi0862 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing important information 👍
@JoeMaxFpv10 ай бұрын
I broke in a comp 8” in 8 seconds. Lol. 800watt peak. Hit it with 1ohm 4600 watts. They claimed 1/2” excursion. I got 2”. 😂😂 for 3 seconds. Welp. Ordered a more worthy contender we will see how this one fairs.
@SaucyBegger256 ай бұрын
Oh I broke in my subwoofer alright. I hammered it from the first test. Now if I give it some the motor makes some banging noises like The boot door rattling. But it’s the actual sub. If I back off the bass it’s ok again.
@marcos-ut7mq3 жыл бұрын
question to you is do you factor in break in period on your T/S parameters on your site? thank you
@donaldwilcoxjr.5212 Жыл бұрын
It's been my experience that the first few months of play depending on how much you drive the vehicle and listen to the subwoofer or subwoofers ....that they all give off some odor ...I always turn my stuff down when the smell appears....run it at a lowers volume for a while the gradually increase volume until I am back to the point where the smell was achieved in the first place ....all this below the clipping point ...I don't adjust gain on amp just use volume on head unit and bass remote to my amp ....that being said I also never try and push a sub to hard for at least 3 months but I don't drive the vehicle I have my system daily so it just depends on how much you are using the sub or subs.....but again that's just me
@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862 Жыл бұрын
So is the smell actually bad? I've heard mixed answers..most of them were about excessive glue burning off or the adhesive heating up for the first few times. My ground zero did the smell after doing a few short tests at about 400 watts (RMS of sub is 1000)
@kennethporter3553 Жыл бұрын
As he proceeds to give a "bangin' demo " on my newly installed subs🤣🤣
@5441karioka4 жыл бұрын
It can't be said clearer.
@comradplip2 жыл бұрын
What about the burning smell? How long should that last?
@yurytsvetkov87704 жыл бұрын
Thank you for information! So that's why my 9500 sounds better and better!
@logiticalresponse95744 жыл бұрын
Do theese "spiders" have venomous,.....venom, are they toxic , how can i prevent it from escaping containment and if i milk the webbing material from its but would i be able to milk the webbing from its but . I think i accidentally acquired the "im lost" situation that happens while transitioning from not lozt to i cant find nemo i think im go fish ? I cant find the exit i am seriously anti-know where im at
@dylanbaldwin79343 жыл бұрын
So for the first 2 hours I may run some dual 10 skar loaded vented enclosure subs at halfway or 1/4 range for rap funk and rock and after that I may move it to 3/4 or full for a just a few minutes to see its capabilities and show my friends. Would that be fine? Also what is clipping is that just blowing the speakers from running them too loud or is it caused from a witing issue or something
@dylanbaldwin79343 жыл бұрын
I'm 17 and it's a big investment to get subs for me I want to have fun with them and use them but i don't want to blow em and make it all a waste of money
@blaykevollmer9890 Жыл бұрын
Let them break in properly and never play at 100% clipping will blow your coils and make it a waste of money.
@Bobcatspiritdude Жыл бұрын
@@blaykevollmer9890 I never let your friends touch the volume up
@74midwestbass744 жыл бұрын
VERY NICE INFO!!!
@Dudeitsjonny24 жыл бұрын
Loved my 510, love my sc3510esp, loved the soft suspension 3515, and cant wait for my twin sc3512s! Lol
@piotr0904 жыл бұрын
Popular companies (99%) say baking the speakers, treats this as an advertising gimmick. Apparently there are differences, but they can be recognized by such a small number of people that you never wait for it to bother. Well, unless you are an avid audiophile and gel, you have above average hearing, but you won't get anything in your phone. I will add that I read somewhere that it takes a long time to heat up, for sure a few (next) days non-stop 24h. But if you want, warm it up - it will never hurt your speakers.
@blakebrockhaus3473 жыл бұрын
There's a difference between breaking in audiophile speakers, and DD subwoofers. Audiophile speakers are very soft and don't move much. So a lot of the time it doesn't really matter. Car subwoofers are a totally different animal. They tend to be super stiff and move a ton. This means that the spider has to accommodate a ton of travel. With DD subs specifically, the spider is so stiff when you first get the sub that it'll reduce power handling pretty significantly
@Richard-ck5zk3 жыл бұрын
So basically, breaking in a sub could just be installing it but not cranking it hard for a week or so? It doesn't matter what kind of frequencies are going through it?
@ddaudiotv3 жыл бұрын
If the sub is already installed in the vehicle and mounted in an enclosure, simply turn your subsonic filter up to around 40 Hz for the first week or 12 hours of playtime. You can read more about breaking in your subwoofer in this tech article: ddaudio.com/give-your-subwoofer-a-break-in/
@androvisser33726 ай бұрын
When DD posts the specs of a sub on the website, is it pre break in or port break in ?
@trevor-wh1dv2 ай бұрын
Now is this peak or rms?
@numbbane3 жыл бұрын
This dude's facial expressions remind me of walter from Jeff dunham
@jamiec31806 ай бұрын
How can I tell when my new subwoofers in 2 ohm broke in??
@mattroadfeldt90124 жыл бұрын
Wish you would provide specific breakin power level recommendations.
@bigelile074 жыл бұрын
Just play the damn things.
@MasonStevens82784 жыл бұрын
I second that. Just listen to music. Or you can play a test tone that matches the fs of your sub according to specs
@carlosesparzavazquez47533 жыл бұрын
Say that whatever you’re maximum gain is tune too for the subs drop that down by almost 50% . If it was half turn [ 12 o’clock position clockwise] knob, turn that down to 4 o’clock counter clockwise and like the guy in the video said .. just keep raising the gain slowly every few hours to allow more power in to kick it deeper and deeper..
@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862 Жыл бұрын
What is that burning adhesive smell with new woofers? My woofer did it and i immediately got afraid
@goosenutz25025 ай бұрын
Just bought a solobaric L7 and not 1 thing is mentioned in the instructions about break in. Smh
@tommyweese56972 жыл бұрын
Do you guys do tours at the factory, I live around the corner from you guys and have always wanted to walk through there
@fusiondensity3287 Жыл бұрын
No tours
@Ajay-xc4qk Жыл бұрын
In box or out box which is better
@internationalmasterspeaker18792 жыл бұрын
Ok
@ogarcia64og Жыл бұрын
I have two JL 13TW5 in the box brand new and want to know how to break them in
@mattericson88732 жыл бұрын
What is that device you have hooked up to the woofer measuring the wattage
@uptobatentertainment4 жыл бұрын
How do you guys get your T/ S specs on the site? Do u guys break in the subs then run T/ S params or run T/ S params when the sub is freshly built? How are T/ S params derived when a customer order custom US sub with carbon/ kevlar/ or composite cone? Thanks
@arnfinnrong6233 Жыл бұрын
Dear sir, here in Norway I use the Swedish AudioPro DrumFire-2. Bought a new DrumFire rack two days ago and it sounded frozen, like a repressed Librarian at Confession, yesterday I noticed that in 24 hours the deep bass was thawing, like a repressed Librarian at the Church Social. But why can't you people for the life of you write clearly on the Cross over Frequency switch, the actual frequency each turn of the knob produces?
@snowmayne62833 жыл бұрын
U said u should break in the woofer with the subsonic at about 40...where should u work the subsonic up to? And what about your low pass filter?
@ddaudiotv3 жыл бұрын
Hello, please message our techs through our website and a tech will be glad to assist you with this: ddaudio.com/contact/
@R34Sumo2 жыл бұрын
Were do i get one of those cool DD Polo shirts ?
@1StockAssQ3 жыл бұрын
Hey i have a 8” le-m10-D2 from y’all and it was a gift but making a awful shake sound when bass hits , any suggestions my man?
@ddaudiotv3 жыл бұрын
Hello, please email our techs through the form on our website so that a tech can better assist you: ddaudio.com/contact/
@thesunbeamin43043 жыл бұрын
I’m a noob to this and just got a Skar 1500 amp and a evl 12” sub. What should I set the gain,sonic, and lpf too for break in?
@slitherman78832 жыл бұрын
how is it holding up?
@SagarJadhav-dh9qv3 жыл бұрын
Please provide online shopping platform in India Amazon and Flipkart very customer interested DD audio
@fusiondensity3287 Жыл бұрын
Not yet
@christophermcgaffin88203 жыл бұрын
Just got a dd 300 rms 12 inch .I'm gonna run it of a rockford fosgate prime 250 x1 can I out it in an enclosure to run in at low power an 80hz from the amp. ?
@ddaudiotv3 жыл бұрын
Hello, please message us through our website so that a technician can better assist you: ddaudio.com/contact/
@prankgold52862 жыл бұрын
What music i need to play?
@bendeco2 жыл бұрын
Speakers for ring switch. Do it.
@Karizma2316 ай бұрын
Why is it so hard to get dd stuff in the uk??
@andrewg73443 жыл бұрын
I have a 9500 18 sc with regular suspension how long do you think it will take to break in I listen to it about an hour every day had it for a week now
@ddaudiotv3 жыл бұрын
Typically after about 24-48hrs of play you will notice it getting louder, and playing deeper at lower volume.
@dylanbaldwin79343 жыл бұрын
Is it bad to run them at full bass but not full volume but maybe 3/4 volume? I'm getting a loaded enclosure scar speaker system 2 10s and it bangs for being 10s on the videos I saw.
@fusiondensity3287 Жыл бұрын
@@dylanbaldwin7934 ask skar
@didalidang36163 жыл бұрын
So if my sub has poor voice but it has very good bass, what does that mean? It’s a Skar sdr 12
@ddtstrc96783 жыл бұрын
Because it's a subwoofer ,dummy🤦♂️
@FSXgta3 жыл бұрын
use a low pass filter you monster
@williamwalters94036 ай бұрын
At 50 years old subwoofers are the only thing I'll ever have that's stuff
@HS786UK934 жыл бұрын
what's the point of the stiffer spiders? I understand they can handle more power but why would you want that when you can get the same excursion with a cheaper, lower powered amp with the soft spider vs extra stiff spiders and a huge amp?
@phillipvill3 жыл бұрын
Linieraty
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
That's called efficiency.... You're exposing their marketing bullshit! lol 2 efficient 12's in a proper box and 500w of clean power... will absolutely slam..
@Iridiumcosmos2 жыл бұрын
Soft spider subs have an issue with stopping fast enough and often have tons of distortion depending on how well their built. But as Nick said, it’s for efficiency but it’s definitely not marketing bs. Lol.
@matthewwilson7951 Жыл бұрын
You notice not one subwoofer says anything about breaking in the subs not one when you buy .. meaning they don’t say as in it’s not really necessary.. a simple google will show you they do get them ready in the construction process
@matthewtawagon79082 жыл бұрын
My subs smell but my remote doesnt show that its clipping what should i do?
@georgesrisomsak96502 жыл бұрын
Turn it up! 🤣
@stevec69652 жыл бұрын
send me some of the triple spider woofers and I will let you know how the test works out.
@johnysmashalot4113 жыл бұрын
Fuckin love DD audio...
@timstwart2 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't a sub come pre-broken in?
@Silentjustin063 жыл бұрын
90 percent of the people who ask this question is going to blow their speakers anyway because they cant set gain and crossovers or match speaker impedance to the amplifier
@carlosesparzavazquez47533 жыл бұрын
Yup definitely bro . I remember not tuning my shit right and just raising the gain high and the frequency high too it sounded amazing for 5 secs and then it blow on me lol
@herculesbrofister265 Жыл бұрын
Well i dime the gain on my guitar amp so using logic, i deduce that's what you do with car amps. #1 they're both amps and #2 guitar and car rhyme. Makes sense
@Silentjustin06 Жыл бұрын
@@herculesbrofister265 I use the tweeter method of setting gain on my amps. Hook a tweeter with a capacitor to the subwoofer channel on the amp. Play a 40hz test tone at 75% volume of your radio. Slowly Turn gain up until u hear a buzz in the tweeter then back it down to it stops. If u don't use a tweeter You can also hear the subwoofer change tones. It will go from a hum to more of a buzz
@breezyisokay19504 жыл бұрын
So this is why ive gone through 50 subs. Apparently i have to break it in
@DeezNuts-uk7xz3 жыл бұрын
I’ve had the same sub and amp for over 10 years and it’s still going strong
@berto371rr3 жыл бұрын
That's called clipping
@dylanbaldwin79343 жыл бұрын
Clipping? I'm getting skar sdr dual loaded enclosure with 10 inch speakers. I want them to last. If I turn it up only to 3/4 of the way sometimes for rap to and to show my friends and run it 1/4 or 1/2 majority of time for rap rock funk esc. Will that be fine? Or is clipping when it's not wired properly? I'm not sure I'm fairly new to this
@masterchef21423 жыл бұрын
Sundown says play it full out of the box if you want😂 break in is a joke
@Iridiumcosmos2 жыл бұрын
Yeah go try that with an Alpine Type R for example and see what happens. Seen that shit first hand and the destruction was insane without break in.
@RandoManFPV2 жыл бұрын
@@Iridiumcosmos right! And probably voided warranty even tho you were at rated power or less
@kamikazeshame78982 жыл бұрын
lol I still haven't broken in my sub I've reconed 4 years ago. I don't drive my project truck enough. once in a while I'll fire it up bump for like 5 mins piss off the neighbors then shut it down. once in a while means once every 3 to 4 months
@clintonlittle4 жыл бұрын
If this is so important and so overlooked by so many, please tell me why the sub manufacturers don’t break the damn things in themselves!? You pay enough for them. What a hassle having to play a sub in a constant drone for 24 hours or more... Especially after you have spent $2000 plus! You have to do it this way, and that way, and at this many hz and make a box and blar blar blar! Nobody wants to do this ridiculous job, it’s so inconvenient. Everyone just wants to get their new sub and have it play perfectly the second they get it home. And don’t say it’s like a pair of shoes! Cause it’s not! What a joke!
@annabanna6663 жыл бұрын
C'mon think about it you know the answer 🤔.........
@Iridiumcosmos2 жыл бұрын
I know this is a year old but did you even watch the video? Lmao. He said it’s fine to play music on the sub during the break in period. Just keep your power/volume levels at a moderate rate.
@79huddy Жыл бұрын
Shit you think high end subs are expensive now imagine what they would cost if the company had to pay for the power to run the equipment to break in every sub produced 😂 damn common sense isn't so common these days
@chadmcquade30753 жыл бұрын
So a slight smell during break in when I randomly do max volume is bad I'm two days into owning my L7 Q series it's fine at about 50% volume an my bass turned about 1/4 up but I had it cranked up all the way for about 2 songs an it started to smell so I turned it down. Is that about normal when breaking it in?
@riptaway3 жыл бұрын
Sure it wasn't the amp/wiring? Doubt you could smell your actual subs
@chadmcquade30753 жыл бұрын
It's fine now
@FSXgta3 жыл бұрын
it's just the glue that can smell while it's new. Excess glue that will boil off
@ah4800Ай бұрын
9500s have 5 spiders now?
@cdyoung9764 жыл бұрын
I found the Minnie subs in his ear lobes FAR TOO distracting....
@Tuff_love4 жыл бұрын
Break in subwoofers lol
@CreachterZ29 күн бұрын
Remember when people thought those ear things weren’t nasty? 🤢
@masterchef21423 жыл бұрын
When you play lower frequencies your going to have further excursion with less power you didnt prove anything playing 40 hz vs 20hz at 100 watts 20hz is gonna be much much more excursion
@blakebrockhaus3473 жыл бұрын
In free air, at the exact same wattage, most woofers will move more at 40 hz than 20 hz. However, around the Fs the impedence rises and you're getting less wattage
@PlatinumEagleStudios3 жыл бұрын
Robot Underground doesn't agree with this. And neither do I. Breaking in subwoofers is not needed. You break them in by playing them. You don't need to do "50HZ cycle for 40 minutes" or anything like that. Just take the subs, throw them into the box, and start beating on them. THAT's what breaks them in. Robot Underground knows what he's talking about, people.
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
Exactly... they will naturally loosen up, and sound will improve over a few weeks.
@TheBurnout962 жыл бұрын
Wrong. I build subwoofers for friends and family. And they often don't know anything about that subject but want maximum performance. If you dial in your amp for the max output and tell them, that they should not exceed a certain volume level, you run into issues if the sub is not broken in yet. When the sub breaks in, fs drop and more amps run through it you might run into the problem, that you're pushing over rms and exceed xmax. These people don't know that and they'll come to me when it's already too late. So breaking in a subwoofer makes sense. Maybe not for your usecase, but for some others out there.
@V22D7 ай бұрын
Well im late to it
@CarlosOrlando924 жыл бұрын
Post Belowne
@thekingberryman5820 Жыл бұрын
It’s the eyebrow for me 👀🤨
@bernandoturner48402 жыл бұрын
They should sell the Woofers already broke in…
@junyah1976 Жыл бұрын
nobody gunna pay all the money for a dd sub to baysit it in break in time
@zaqclark529 Жыл бұрын
If you guys break them In before selling then you could probably sell them for a few more dollars
@colgator6688 Жыл бұрын
how to piss off your neighbors 101
@michaelmartinez66603 жыл бұрын
Need to change your name to woofer nerd lol
@CreachterZ29 күн бұрын
Or you could just listen to music and you’ll be fine.
@Dan-eh8bh Жыл бұрын
Why does sundown make subwoofers and say don’t break them in just put full power into them? How does it “break in”when you don’t give it max power to flex everything? At low power you’ll only flex a small part of the spider/surround not letting anything else “break in”. Next video is going to explain how to break in tires and belts. Lol so stupid.
@nickrose87333 жыл бұрын
Breaking in subwoofers is just a way for audiophiles to make themselves feel like they're doing something special and scientific when all they need to do is make sure they have the right amp andbox.
@JM-im1iu3 жыл бұрын
No break in is necessary. I've argued this with many of my fellow BassHeads. Even JL Audio put out a article that it's totally unnecessary. Just match the right amp, run them at recommended specs and your fine. People say you can smell them burning up. That's usually just the extra glue from new speakers which will burn off when it's done wether you run it for 24 hours or slowly for weeks.
@juanpabloarambula34833 жыл бұрын
No, it actually helps when you have a stiffer spider, I got the red spider on my sundown ns v4 that mf wouldn’t move with my hand, 10 hours of play later and it moves more freely
@tacticalroshii57902 жыл бұрын
I thought I was done with school
@incredifunk2 жыл бұрын
There's no need what so ever for a " break in"
@Skeletor1 Жыл бұрын
Mf he just proved it😂
@LGmarge4 жыл бұрын
What subs are in your ears? Looks horrible on video
@pissedoffconservative3472 жыл бұрын
Break in is a joke. Use your nose. That simple
@bubby3722 жыл бұрын
did you really need to do that to your ears?
@martinvargas45233 жыл бұрын
Guessing 99.9% of people don't break in their subs. Too much time and effort.
@bpy40733 жыл бұрын
W.t.f you got in your ears.
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
This generation takes accessorizing seriously...LOL
@akuma4u3 жыл бұрын
Those earrings looks absolutely ridiculous . Sorry.
@akuma4u3 жыл бұрын
@HelluvaHusky i have an about tab? also.. thank you for taking the time to check out my non existent channel. It really made my day. edit: now that i have checked my about tab.. that must have been made like 10 years ago... hence why i forgot. Thats a quote from a movie called 40 year old virgin.. its actually a documentary on your life. haha. BURN.
@HondaTrumpAi2 жыл бұрын
Trump1
@micahevans83944 жыл бұрын
No such thing as breaking in subwoofers its a myth a myth lol in my opinion
@631alexander4 жыл бұрын
Micah Evans is not
@2869may3 жыл бұрын
Just beat on them reasonably, and they'll loosen up naturally...