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Speaker Cone Warm Up

#41
Just another note...I know when I play my upright, if I grab the bridge and gently rock it a little bit before I play, that sound opens up. My luthier showed me that years ago. It doesn't do anything if I have been playing even 10-15 minutes, but when the instrument is cold it sounds a little choked. Many upright players will practive with the bow a few minutes before a performance to get the instrument as well as their intonation warmed up.

Having said that, according to responses to date, I MAY be a little bit crazy...
 
#43
I had an interesting experience the other day that got me thinking about this. We did a series of gigs in the mountains on a very cold weekend. On Thursday I loaded my rig into the car and drove up to Dillon from Denver, where it was pretty temperate - maybe 45 or 50 degrees. I played two sets that night, and everything sounded great.

That night, I stayed up there and left my cabinet in the car. It got very cold. Single digits the next morning, and stayed pretty cold all day. I drove to my gig the next evening, and loaded in about an hour early in order to let it warm up a little. My cabinet was right up against the front window of the club, so I am not sure how much it really warmed up.

It sounded terrible all night long. I definitely perceived a loss of low end, and even the high end sounded much more "clicky" than usual. It drove me crazy. I never fiddle with my amp during a gig unless something is really bothering me. On this night, I couldn't find anything I liked. The best I could do was to roll off the annoying high end and resort to a Jaco-ish midrangy honk, which was the only thing my normally high-fi rig could manage. I was probably the only one who noticed, but I hated it.

So - at least in my mind, cold speakers definitely suffer. And so did I.
 

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