You did say it would be amplified 10,000 times.I neglected to say the obvious, which is that it would be less if the system were clipped, which will most likely happen.
And it would not be "a very large transient." it would be a slight pop that clipped it for a minuscule amount of time.
It would be very brief, that has nothing to do with its amplitude, which is what the phrase "very large" refers to.
I walk across the room to change the record and when I touch the tonearm I feel a discharge which creates a pop in the speakers.
The static is not going directly into the signal path, as it would be in the scenario I hypothesized. Big difference!
There is no way in the world that a very brief pop from the system would take out a healthy tweeter.
Let's say that it was so brief that it lasted only 50 microseconds (a single period at 20kHz). We are both agreed that its amplitude could be full power, to the clipping level of the amplifier. Say that is 100 or 200 watts. Will a single cycle of 20kHz at 100 or 200 watts damage a tweeter? I don't know, but it certainly sounds like a cause for concern. It certainly will not damage it via thermal effects, but the concern would be the over-excursion it would result in. If you are certain that it will not harm the tweeter, please provide a link to some documentation or technical rationale that is more persuasive than your simply saying it will not.
You seem to be one of these people who loves to give advice but can't stand it when they are offered it.If you knew me better you wouldn't say that.
Basically, this thread has become unpleasant because you chose to describe my "err on the side of caution" advice by using the word "paranoid," twice. The fact that you said what could easily have been said in a constructive manner, in an inflammatory and disrespectful manner instead, would seem to say something about what kind of person your are.
You'll have the last word, because I don't intend to devote any further time to this utterly pointless and unnecessary argument.
-- Al