The volume should fluctuate through the whole range form low to high during the break in period. Palying at the low volume only will break in that area of the cone,voice coil, spider and magnet excursion only. The full excursion must be covered. The idea is that all these parts are tight when new and they have to wear in for the cone to travel freely. That is when a speaker is broke in, when the moving parts travel freeley so that none of the effort afforded the driver by the amp is wasted in trying to move these parts. So the parts move or "float" back and forth to react to sensitivity of each note or frequency it is attempting to reproduce.
Speaker Break In ?
My question is regarding the breaking in of new speakers. How much is achieved when you leave the amp on and the cd player continually repeating a cd at low volume levels when you are not listening to the system. I have left my system on for about 200 hours in a very low volume (almost no volume) playing mode and was debating whether I should do it for another few weeks. Will this break in the speakers or does the volume have to be up to achieve that? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks