This week a pair of MarkAudio Alpair 10.3 drivers are arriving. There has been much discussion about these drivers in particular as needing quite a bit of break in (200-400 hours ultimately before any fine tuning is done).
My plan is to place the two raw drivers in my sauna downstairs (speaker boxes are not yet built, and the sauna will not be in operation). I'll run a pair of wires under the door and simply let them play what ever is on the radio 24 hours a day (168 hours in a week). This will probably be 70's pop music and not too bass heavy. Acoustically, the sauna is fairly isolated from the rest of the house so 24/day is not a problem.
For the first several days the level will be about 55 dB. The remainder of the week will be about 60 dB (level of conversation). After that will be several days at 65 dB, and then several days at 70 dB. That should give me two weeks of break in (about 300+ hours).
For folks who have gone through similar procedures, I would appreciate your thoughts?
-Tom
BTW, I am planing on building the "Eland cabinet" graciously supplied by S. Lindgren
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...audio-fostex-tb-dayton-seas-etc.323051/page-3
My plan is to place the two raw drivers in my sauna downstairs (speaker boxes are not yet built, and the sauna will not be in operation). I'll run a pair of wires under the door and simply let them play what ever is on the radio 24 hours a day (168 hours in a week). This will probably be 70's pop music and not too bass heavy. Acoustically, the sauna is fairly isolated from the rest of the house so 24/day is not a problem.
For the first several days the level will be about 55 dB. The remainder of the week will be about 60 dB (level of conversation). After that will be several days at 65 dB, and then several days at 70 dB. That should give me two weeks of break in (about 300+ hours).
For folks who have gone through similar procedures, I would appreciate your thoughts?
-Tom
BTW, I am planing on building the "Eland cabinet" graciously supplied by S. Lindgren
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...audio-fostex-tb-dayton-seas-etc.323051/page-3
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