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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 10 Oct 2010 5:04 pm |
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I have some questions on speaker break in.
I have a JBL K-140 that has been recently reconed to a K-130. It needs to be broken in.
How do you suggest I go about it?
How long should this take?
I need help / advise please as I can't take this tight sizzle sound & I know this speaker can sound much better that it does now.
Let me hear what you think please.
Thanks ... Ron
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head 
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Dennis Wallis
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Arkansas
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Posted 10 Oct 2010 7:20 pm
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| Some people play a stereo thru it at moderate level for as much as 2 or 3 days . That should do it . |
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rpetersen
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Iowa
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Posted 11 Oct 2010 5:28 am
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The stereo thing works great - Turn the bass up to get more speaker movement
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Rich Hlaves
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Wildomar, California, USA
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Posted 11 Oct 2010 10:37 am
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A drum machine works well too. Just be carefull not to over do it with the volume.
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Mark Lavelle
From:
San Mateo, CA
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Ron Whitworth
From:
Yuma,Ariz.USA Yeah they say it's a DRY heat !!
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Posted 11 Oct 2010 2:53 pm
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here is some more info concerning this that I should have put in my original post about this speaker.
1 ) I have it mounted in a closed back cab that is ported.
2 ) I do not need the neighbors calling the police on me.
I have read all of the above & can hook it up to a PA head & use this speaker in place of 1 of my PA speakers. I can put on a CD & turn the bass up.
Would this work OK?
How long will it take??
Thanks .. Ron
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"Tone is in the hands. Unless your wife will let you buy a new amp. Then it's definitely in that amp."
We need to turn the TWANG up a little
It's not what you play through, it's what you play through it.
They say that tone is all in the fingers...I say it is all in your head
Some of the best pieces of life are the little pieces all added up..Ron
the value of friendship. Old friends shine like diamonds, you can always call them and - most important - you can't buy them. |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2010 8:54 am
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Ron, that would probably work OK as long as the PA can safely be hooked up to the 112's speaker....obviously, disconnect the 112 speaker from its amp. But you don't need to go that route. Just use the 112 as it is.
The idea is to cause the cone to vibrate, which makes it's stiff suspension materials "relax". I have always just hooked up a sound source, like a radio, CD player, cassette deck, or whatever, directly into the instrument input, and set the tone controls so it sounded decent. You could also use the CD input on the back panel, but this bypasses the tone controls. A 112 set up like this can sound rather good. Put on your favorite tunes and enjoy it while you do other stuff.
It doesn't have to blow down the walls, or be equivalent to stage volume. I turn it up loud enough to see the cone vibrating, and let it run for a day or so. Getting the cone to move is the goal.
Pushing the speaker hard won't make it sound better.
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