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William Sommerwerck
 
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In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), Philips Consumer Electronics Company, of Atlanta, GA,
is recalling 25,500 Philips Magnavox home audio theatre systems
for free repair. The system's speaker voice coil can overheat and
lead to a speaker fire, presenting a fire hazard to consumers.
Philips has received four reports of speaker fires, with one resulting
in scorched carpeting. No injuries have been reported.


The magnificent Magnavox!

The fires are probably the result of the following factors...

Flammable voice-coil formers (and/or cones)... Used in drivers with insufficient
heat-sinking... Operated by listeners who turn the volume All The Way Up and
leave it there for extended periods.

I wish I had the money to buy one of these things and "test it to destruction."
Whoo-ee!