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SWR Triad problems?

One of these has come up second hand and I'm seriously considering it. But I've been reading some reviews and a lot of people seem to have blown drivers, however none of the reviews mention it as a known problem.

Are blown drivers are a known issue with triads/SWR in general?

The setup does seem to be tempting fate a little, the crossover freqs are <100hz goes to the 15", >5khz goes to to the tweeter, so most of the sound is going to a single 10" driver. I use a lot of effects, pitch shifting, self-oscillating delays etc., so driver robustness is very important.
 
Nah - it's the fuse that blows easily. They use automotive dome-lights for fuses - so at volume, the guts of the cab light up. Kinda cool, actually...

I've had two of these. Good cabs, though.... but they just don't push major air. Good sounding though.
 

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