r/audiophile Shopping and Setup Help Desk (2020-12-07)

Aux cables accidentally removed with speakers turned on, cones moved fast, risky?

Hi guys! Yesterday I accidentally removed the aux cables that connect the sound card to the speakers while the speakers were on (but they weren't playing music). The speakers started making a noise (on the bass frequency I think) and the cone seemed to be moving very fast. Trying to put the cables back I also think I touched the head of the jack cables and the noise also changed based on that. I immediately reconnected the cables and everything was back to normal.

Could such a thing have damaged my speakers? I didn't notice any changes in sound, but I got a little paranoid about that.

But then I thought, since they are cables that send only signals, then having removed them they must have had some interference (also due to the fact that I touched jack cables at the head) that the speakers have converted into sound, so it is normal as is always a signal, or am I wrong?
The only thing is that the cones were moving fast, which I didn't find happening by making sounds play at low frequencies (maybe also because I can't push the volume that much and instead maybe the interference made the speakers play loudly) .

Another thing that makes me feel pretty calm is that looking on the internet I found that my speakers have a limiter, this is also useful in cases of this type, right?

I'd like to know what you think about it!

This is my equipment:
- sound card: Focusrite 2i2 3rd gen
- speakers: Yahama HS8MP
- cables: male jack to male XLR

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