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Re:Can *YOU* blow a PC speaker using only a Linux kernel dri... by simonblack on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:16PM (#27556554)
Whether or not you can blow a speaker has nothing to do with what kind of signal you are sending it but the power you send to the speaker.

In other words, whether the current going through the speaker is sufficient to either overheat the voice-coil, or to drive the speaker-cone beyond its physical limits.

These are qualities pertaining to the speaker itself, not the PC's output. The easy answer to the question is "It depends".

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Re:Can *YOU* blow a PC speaker using only a Linux kernel dri... by boredprograming on Friday June 18, 2021 @08:27PM (#27556618)
Excursion is related to frequency. A sure way to blow most up is turn bass to the max. Some speakers have bandpass filters. Cheap ones usually don't
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