Can poor audio quality cause tweeter burning out?

remomoreira
remomoreira Posts: 9
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Guys, is there any possibility of a tweeter burning out because of the reproduction of an audio recorded in flac or mp3 that is said to be "of dubious quality"?
As far as I know, this claim does not succeed. The maximum that can occur is that the component does not render its full potential of sound quality.
As I consider myself almost lay on the subject, I resort to friends here.
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    Heavily distorted electric guitar tracks can certainly test their durability.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    Distortion/clipping kills tweeters.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    More likely poor amplification pushing the tweet past its limits.
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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,547
    Most probable cause of a dead tweeter is driving high volume with an under-powered amp (or receiver). This causes clipping, which is in essence DC current to the tweeter voice coil, which rapidly overheats it, causing catastrophic failure.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    remomoreira wrote: »
    Guys, is there any possibility of a tweeter burning out because of the reproduction of an audio recorded in flac or mp3 that is said to be "of dubious quality"?

    At regular listening levels? No.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited May 2020
    Going overboard with any amp will kill them a low powered amp just does it faster, sooner, easier, etc.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    I have gone well beyond overboard with my setup and never damaged a thing, except my hearing for a bit afterwards.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Go overboard longer.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,137
    F1 nailed it. I would also like to add that playing at extreme levels for hours on end overheats the voice coils and can cause a failure, even if there is no distortion. I found this out the hard way at an audio event a couple of years back.

    I now have some spares in case it happens again but my days of showcasing the rig at audio events are long gone.

    Good rule of thumb while still staying within layman's terms? If it hurts your ears, even a little bit? Turn it down.

    Tom
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