Re: Can loudspeakers really catch fire if you crank the volume?

On Tue, 6 May 2008 15:50:52 -0700, MIKE--- wrote
(in article <fvqncc01mv4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):

> Peter Wieck wrote:
> 
>> I do remember one "legend" - an AR rep
>> stating that their AR-9 speakers could
>> be plugged into a wall and not sustain
>> damage for at least ten full minutes.
>> Yeah... right... Imagine that warranty
>> claim.
> 
> I remember that claim but I think it was for the AR-1W - not the AR-9. 
> 
>                   ---MIKE---
>>> In the White Mountains of New Hamp****re
>  >> (44° 15'  N - Elevation 1580')
> 

I remember that! Can you imagine the row?