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

"---MIKE---" <twinmountain@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> 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.

AR-1 woofers were kinda fragile by modern standards. But they did tend to 
outlast the other drivers in the system, when they were used in the AR-3.

There are high-powered amps that easily put out 120 volts RMS into low 
impedance loads without clipping. The speaker systems designed for use
with 
them can probably pass the plug-'er-into-the-power-line test. We're
talking 
live sound or car sound here.