Running in period

[Dermondo]

Hi, any ideas how long an AV Amp needs running if needed at all...........

 

[chebby]

About an hour.

 

[Anonymous]

any idea about speakers

 

[RobGardner]

Depends on the kit. My Wilson Benesch speakers took several weeks before they really started to give their best. The speakers I used with my Onkyo CR515DAB took a couple of hours, if that.

 

[Anonymous]

roth oli 1 used as rears?

 

[aliEnRIK]

My av power amp needed about a week before it sounded its best

The first few hours it sounded absolutely awful and with zero power behind it (I initially thought it was faulty)

 

[Anonymous]

About 20 minutes for the amp, but maybe a day for the speakers, though the manufacturer will normally recommend the time.

All else is in your head ... or is it?

 

[idc]

Testing the frequency responses of speakers (primarily woofers) has found they can change over a period of a few hours and if kept in regular use, retain that frequency response. But if allowed to rest over a period of days or even weeks they will return to their original state. Amps warm up rather than break in.