As many have already said, you would know (i hope) if you did any damage. Speakers fail mostly due to heat. the voice coil, the electromagnet that moves the speaker cone/dome/whatever is wound with very small wire. Over time it gets hot and !poof!.
The good news is everything has mass and takes time to heat up. How much time....depends.
The telltale signs are:
1. doesn't play2. a scratching sound as the speaker element moves, with associated distortion
This is why, as a sometimes equipment designer with stuff in and out of my system(s) literally 500-1000 X/year, i have fuses in my speaker cable. And you know what? Life goes on and I get great sound. No, not fancy fuses, ones i buy LOT of at the Home Depot.
$15k speakers (when they were last sold) with unobtanium drivers are not something i wish to jeopardy.
Tweeters can go quite quickly - just a warning. Woofers tend to require continued abuse.
But the bottom line is - if they still work, they are likely undamaged.
G
The good news is everything has mass and takes time to heat up. How much time....depends.
The telltale signs are:
1. doesn't play2. a scratching sound as the speaker element moves, with associated distortion
This is why, as a sometimes equipment designer with stuff in and out of my system(s) literally 500-1000 X/year, i have fuses in my speaker cable. And you know what? Life goes on and I get great sound. No, not fancy fuses, ones i buy LOT of at the Home Depot.
$15k speakers (when they were last sold) with unobtanium drivers are not something i wish to jeopardy.
Tweeters can go quite quickly - just a warning. Woofers tend to require continued abuse.
But the bottom line is - if they still work, they are likely undamaged.
G