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Plug in preamp while amp is on caused very loud pop on speaker.

Did something really stupid this past weekend when I tried to rearrange the power cords and cables.  Unplugged my preamp while leaving the amps on and when I plugged back the preamp there was a very loud pop coming from my speakers.  The speakers played fine but is there any thing I should be concerned about the potential damage to the speakers?  Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
rogerhifi
bstatmeister
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order of operations should always be:

on: pre>amp off: amp>pre
rogerhifi OP
71 posts
 
@rodman99999 : Thanks for your response!  Yes it did sound right without any distortion of any sort.  I was just concerned if the drivers were cracked or is out of alignment.  The pop was so loud that it causes an immediate chill to my spine(hence a spike of my stress level) when that happened.
rogerhifi OP
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@bstatmeister: thanks!  Yes I was aware of the turning on sequence but completely forgot my amps were still on after done rearranging the cables.
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jond
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@rogerhifi as stated above if things sound ok you should be fine. I did something even stupider a week ago. Reinstalling my streamer I ran one of the analog outputs to my DAC instead of the digital coax output. A very loud screeching sound launched me across the room to turn everything off! No harm done there either thankfully.
rogerhifi OP
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@jond LOL... I feel like we are going to turn this thread into "what is the dumbest you ever did to cause severe damage to your stereo..."
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