• mech@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    It doesn’t read it out.
    It just feeds the characters directly into your sound driver as raw data, which will play it as a cacophony of noise at max volume, with no regard for your speakers’ frequency limitations.

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        Pull the master slider in alsamixer. I don’t think it will break anything anyway (except your ears if it’s loud). Most audio outputs are AC coupled meaning they will filter out DC and very low frequency which is the most dangerous part for a speaker.

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      3 days ago

      I’d be very surprised if that was able to damage your speakers. If it could, then so could any sound you play. It would have to be an exceptionally bad design if playing a youtube video could destroy your speakers.