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

dpierce.cartchunk.org@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On May 4, 3:31 pm, luvpoc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > Hi, I just started reading Daniel Levitin's book, "This is Your Brain
> > on Music" and in the introduction he says that in his college days he
> > listened to music at such high volumes that: "I actually set my
> > loudspeakers on fire by cranking the volume too high." Is this
> > hyperbole, or can this really happen? Has anybody here ever
> > experienced this?
>
> The short answer is no, it can't happen.
>
> The long answer is still no.

WRONG again ! See my earlier post I can't see it happening with modern
Kapton coil formers
though !

Graham