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Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation by astrange on Saturday March 04, 2023 @01:43AM (#35018778)
Speakers are just things that move when you send electricity to them. It's not hard to blow up something like that if you try, especially if they heat up over time.
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Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation by josephcsible on Saturday March 04, 2023 @01:14PM (#35023014)
Then why isn't this a problem with the built-in speakers of any non-Apple device?
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Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation by astrange on Saturday March 04, 2023 @05:10PM (#35024960)
It is, you're just not trying hard enough or you're using the official drivers that are software limiting it.
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Re:ARM64 Linux Workstation by Gigachad on Saturday March 04, 2023 @06:01PM (#35025381)
They either cap them at the “always safe” level which results in much less volume, or you actually can blow them up but you just haven’t played the right sound to trigger it.
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