How long and how loud


I have a pair of Gallo Ref 3s I have had them for about six months but I still think the woofer is not brokem in it is very stiff.

I have been Told that they need to be broken in but how loud is loud and for how long.

If I need to flex the cone can I use the tone that my amp produces for speaker set up? (Subwoofer).
Or can I use a test CD that produces diferent sine waves
If I can use the amps "set up tone" how loud, how long.

If I use the test CD which would be the best freq to use and how loud and how long.

I would go with some Sex Pistols or other hard driving rock or even (Shudder) a base loaded Rap track but the wife would not understand and the neighbors..........
Any suggestions.
Thanks.
punkuk
Try a Barry White CD, the bass line will exercise your woofers and you may also get some exercise from your wife...
Hi -

My ref3's are about a year old and only in the past few months has the bass become very nice and full even though they had been played loud for many,many hundreds of hours. I found that the Steroephile test cd #1, tracks 24-31 played at hi db's really worked well. These are the 100hz down to 20hz 1/3 warble tones. Before, I needed a sub to augment the speakers, but now I feel no need for that at all. I can now 'feel' as well as hear deep bass. 2 great benchmark tracks for me are "Toad" from Cream's Royal Albert Hall renunion cd - (Ginger Baker's drum solo) , and then Yim Hok-Man's "Poem of Chinese Drum" track. When you can feel these, you are there!

regards, Rich
Play Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" on repeat at 100db for a few days and I guarantee those woofers will be fully broken in. :)
These are the 100hz down to 20hz 1/3 warble tones.

I did post before about using a test CD (Which I own) If I do go that route do I use the second voice coil or just the mains?
And again how long and how loud.