Can My Subwoofers Damage My Home

Many years ago I played the M&K Realtime direct-to-disc recording "The Power and the Glory," which features organ music played on multiple giant organs in a large church. The album notes indicate that there were a total of 11,848 pipes, including at least two 32 footers.

My system did not have a sub, but the speakers were rated to 24 Hz +/- 2 db. I played it at volume levels that were by no means particularly loud. What I heard through much of the recording was the music in competition with the sound of windows in my house vibrating and rattling. Afterward, I found that a number of paint chips had descended from the ceiling onto the floor. I haven't played that record since :-)

I have never encountered anything like that with any other recording, not even with the Telarc 1812 Overture and its cannon blasts, other Telarcs with their notorious bass drum beats, or even the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony.

Regards,
-- Al

While playing the Jurassic Park soundtrack my friends house was creaking and groaning even though we heard no sounds coming from the speakers.

Absolutely they can damage your home. My wife became so enraged by the eruptions of base during her yoga sessions in the next room that she punched a hole in the wall.

.....she punched a hole in the wall.

+1 hahaha

Can a subwoofer wreck a house? It sounds like fantastic claim made by an ultra expensive cable company. I think its far more likely the people that live on the once quiet street got some revenge.