Can I damage my cab by playing too loud too low?

Pushing any driver past its mechanical limitations can lead to damage.

Riis

 

Yes.

 

Yes, it’s quite possible to cause damage to speakers that way.

 

Yep.

What's the quickest way to fry a speaker? Overdrive it with frequencies it was not designed to reproduce.

 

Your ears are mechanical devices with limits too. You can't replace them though.

 

With any luck, you'll hear the driver crapping-out if pushed and on the threshold of failure. I don't have a clue as to your situation, just answering the general question as it applies to enclosures as a whole. I use a high pass filter to provide some level of protection.

Riis

 

If your ears act funky it's too loud. If your amp or driver sound funny it ain't good. You can clearly hear mechanical limits in the tone.

 

Yep, but don't discount the possibility of doing that to your ears as well.

 

Yeah it's not fun to hear but there is a bunch of old and not so old musicians with severe issues in their life due to excessive amounts of volume.

 

High pass filter.

Riis

 

If You use anp amp that gives more power to chanells of Your cab and eq. too many bass, gain and volume, it's easy to kill Your cabs fast.

 

In general, yes. That particular amp, which I own, has certain well-documented limitations that might spare you—but that is purely conjecture on my part. I wouldn’t want to test it out with my gear.

 

Without the specs from the driver manufacturer, you don’t. You only find out when you have exceeded them, unfortunately.

Not true with this amp. Do some searches on TB for the RH750 drama a few years back. Not to raise that conversation again, but the RH750’s power rating is not based on the usual industry standards. But, I’m sure you can still damage your speakers with it.

 

Can be the same thing, SPL is SPL but the ears are more sensitive at mid frequencies which make them appear louder.

a low pass filter (high cut) won’t help, a HIGH pass filter (low cut) might help.

A speaker’s published power rating is generally based on thermal limits. Mechanical limits can easily be as low as 1/2 of that value at frequencies below ~60Hz. This is what folks here are cautioning you about.