Do Audiophiles blow speakers?

Shortly after purchasing new alon 5 mk 11's I was listening to a very dynamic LP. I heard the gun shot - like a 30-06 and subsequently the tell tale buzz of a blown woofer. Manufacturer replaced on the house- one time only. My solution was to replace amp and have had no problems since.

mckeown

Cknight

Something called RMS, or average power. When you had the volume at that level, along came a sudden transient, a bass guitar, a drum, whatever, you heard your woofer bottom out against the stops. No harm. Try not to keep doing it however.
Transients can be several times the average level.
If all you played was a pure tone at say 100Hz ( a pure sine wave)...this is the value the speaker manufacturer specs for power handling, not musical signals whose peaks and valleys are far to random.

You have not blown a driver, just your nerves. Turn it down!!

No but some of their speakers really blow!

Nrchy, did you hear about the terrorist that tried to blow up a bus?

Burned his mouth on the exhaust pipe.