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Give Your Subwoofer a Break-In!

If you’re a frequenter of any online car audio forum or social media group, you’ve invariably run across folks talking about “Breaking In” their subwoofers, and we get daily calls from customers asking if they really need to do this, why they need to do this, and how to do it. Here at DD Audio we fully embrace the practice of breaking in subwoofers before you hit the bass demo circuit with...

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Tech Talk: Why Breaking in Your Woofer is Important

Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY AARON TRIMBLE | October 2018 If you’re a frequenter of any online car audio forum or social media group, you’ve invariably run across folks talking about “Breaking In” their woofers. Breaking in a woofer is the process of playing a speaker in order to stretch or loosen the suspension on the driver and make it more compliant. This month’s Tech Talk Question comes...

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Over Excursion: How to Avoid it

DD Audio Tech Talk | WRITTEN BY KEVIN DOYLE | 21 MARCH 2017 Over excursion is simply one way of pushing a driver past its mechanical limits. Over excursion damage is more prevalent on subwoofers because they’re made to produce low frequencies, which by nature requires more cone movement. DD subs are built like tanks in their respective power rating classes, but extreme and/or...

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