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aeagle

If you must blow out a speaker, then yes...I have done that before. I was watching a movie with a lot of bass in it, and accordingly, I had my bass turned up very high. When the loud part came, the speaker just blew out.

vibetv

I can't remember the last time that I ever broke a speaker in my surround sound system. I limit myself to how high I can have the volume in my room. I don't want to risk the chance to actually go through that.

stevezachtech

Wow! I guess this isn't a myth after all since you guys have tried it..

tongyun

When I was in college, my buddy and I were running a little (and I mean little) mobile disco unit. We were using some speakers that were slightly bigger than bookshelf speakers for a party in an apartment when I cranked up the sound and blew the speaker.

CptlA

haha I had a 91 IROC that (and this was in the days of big bass!) we installed some 15" Pioneer house subwoofers in. Connected them to a 300W amp and it took all but 10 minutes to completely annhilate. It's amazing I still have my hearing today.

salbelina

I only tried that once. When I did, some window in our house suddenly had some cracked. I got grounded for 1 week.

Somnilocus

Not my speakers, no, but both headsets that came with my iPod... yep! Both ended up making weird rattling sounds.

stevezachtech

I wonder if adding shock observers around your speakers will prevent such a catastrophe.. Or how about putting it below water and see how strong the sound travels. Maybe it will create big waves!