RIP Diamond Tweeter !!!

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Originally Posted by audio.bill

A common misconception is that you cannot damage a driver when using an amp of lower power than the speaker is rated to handle. The fact is that blown drivers are much more common with lower powered amps, since when the amp is pushed beyond its limits it creates a high level of distortion. This is referred to as clipping distortion which consists of high frequency components, and that is why it usually results in a blown tweeter driver.

Thanks, that makes sense. Hopefully that is not something to worry about with Mcintosh amps and others with the clipping protection I would think.