# 'Breaking' New Speakers?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-new-speakers/77973>\
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**Created:** [February 1, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-new-speakers/77973 "2005-02-01T03:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![hsadan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@hsadan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hsadan)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/breaking-new-speakers/77973/1 "2005-02-01T03:44:59Z")

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I heard that when you get new speakers or headphones, you need to “break” them or “burn” them. like blast really loud music for a certain period of time.  
this is done so as to attain the optimal performance of the speakers/headphones.

however, that’s only what I heard, and im curious as to whether it’s true or not, and how I can find out more about it. I also heard there’s some way to calculate or estimate how long you need to burn it? I tried googling it, but I guess my googling skills are off today or something, cant seem to get anything good ☹

anyone can tell me more about this or give me some links with more info?