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Can you overpower a speaker

Hi there I am curious if it is possible to overpower a speaker. I want to bridge 2 200 watt a channel amps that are stable to one ohm into a pair of legacy focus 20/20's or a pair of mezzo utopias.

Id love to go VTL MB450's but man thats expensive, im sure worth it. I have read up and down the conrad johnson mf 200 is 2 and one ohm stable and if it can be bridged would put out whatever the wall will allow. I want ungodly amounts of power is that so bad? will it work.
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magfan
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A speakers ability to absorb power decreases as it gets hot....and the Electrical characteristics change. Mostly for the worse.
In short (no pun intended) too much power is for sure possible. Even perhaps, when no audible distortion is present, you can get a VC pretty darn hot and damage it.
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