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Re:Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops by arcticbull on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:22PM (#25793354)
Aren't all speakers AC coupled? Should be filtered out by somthing as simple as a blocking capacitor no?
Re:Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops by Unklejoe on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:08PM (#25793965)
Not necessarily. The amplifiers sometimes are though.

In a normal 2 or 3 way speaker cabinet, you'll have an analog crossover which consists of something like a capacitor in series with the tweeter (high pass filter), and an inductor in series with the woofer (low pass filter).

In that case, the tweeter is protected from DC, but the woofer isn't.

Re:Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops by arcticbull on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:35PM (#25794361)
Very cool thank you!
Re:Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops by arilotter on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:38PM (#25793557)
Yes, it's unlikely to cause problems in any real-world setup, but it's theoretically possible :P I've edited my original comment to clarify that it won't always be the case.
Re:Encoding Data in Dubstep Drops by lostlogin on Friday January 15, 2021 @01:41PM (#25794460)
Signal that can damage hardware is something that used to be discussed with CRT monitors back in those ancient times, and rumours existed of a virus that played on this.

Having damaging audio signal is a new one for me.