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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
You can destroy your speakers by just using the maximum volume the system has for long periods of time. I have done that in the past anyway. I think it's safe to say that because the Kindle has low volume in the first place that 10-20% more wouldn't do too much harm. Bigger issue with music, video/voice should be okay.
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What Jessica said is true because long periods at high volume can heat the speaker voice coils enough to melt the glue that holds them together, allowing the voice coils to come in contact with the magnets (scratchy sound) or to melt the insulation on the wire (burnt smell), or even to melt the tiny voice coil wires themselves (complete sound failure). How high you can adjust the volume depends on the average volume of the music or other audio you are playing.
Audio books (and other low average volume sources) should be safe (to the speakers) at a much higher peak volume level than music.