Does aging ff guitar speakers make them less fizzy?

[blackcom]

I AB tested an old Marshall cab to a brand new one . Both containing GT75 elements.
All the speakers on the old cab sounded less fizzy then any speaker on the new one.

Aging or coincidence?

 

[JBroll]

Speakers tend to need a break-in, yes.

Jeff

 

[Notuern]

Quote from Celestion:

How do I break in my speakers?

Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable to "warm up" the speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum.

Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up the power amp volume to full, and control the level with the preamp gain. Use a level that will be quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room.

Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar, use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has more than one pick up) and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker will continue to mature over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way to tonal perfection in the shortest time.

 

[Djabthrash]

Quote from Celestion:

interesting

 

[blackcom]

I've probably played really lound about 50-70 hours on my speakers allready....I don't think the difference I heard could be related to 5%'ish.... ...but anywayz old cabinetts will sound less fizzy?

How come no-one mentioned this when some unfortunate uf us was having severe problems with fizzy sound, there have been lots of "fizzy gitz sound" threads allready? "Borrow an old cab from a friend and compare....maybe your cabs are too new and just needs to get some hard usage?"....

Celestion quote:
How do I break in my speakers?
Important Note! Before breaking it in it's advisable to "warm up" the speaker gently for a few minutes with low-level playing or background hum.
Break in a speaker with a fat, clean tone: turn up the power amp volume to full, and control the level with the preamp gain. Use a level that will be quite loud, but not painful in a normal size room.
Have the bass and mid up full, and the treble at least half. On your guitar, use the middle pick up position (if your guitar has more than one pick up) and play for 10-15 minutes using lots of open chords, and chunky percussive playing. This will get the cone moving, and should excite all the cone modes and get everything to settle in nicely. The speaker will continue to mature over the years, but this will get it 95% of the way to tonal perfection in the shortest time.