Do Audiophiles blow speakers?


Ok so I am bored and curious, I have never and probably never will over-drive an amp or blow speakers....but I want to know if this happens with trained listeners or is mostly done by the masses of listeners who dont care about critical listening?
I know that lack of amp power usually blows a speaker, I just thought some stories would make for good reading.
chadnliz

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Blown a speaker?
I once gave a great speech in high school english class, but no one seemed to find it THAT good..........
sorry- couln't help myself.
OK, my turn-
Over the holidays I had friends and family over, all respectable people. I even managed to avoid my wifes friend, the one with the two evil boys. Evil 6 year olds break things.
I ran upstairs, came down to no music. My obviously mentally challenged friend, who for some unknown, illogical, complete lack of sense of reasoning, decided to get his dumb self of the sofa and push into the mid range driver of my Gershmans. He said he was "curious." There is now a lovely crease where no crease belongs. Now, is this coincidence, but the tweeter stopped working on the OTHER speaker, at the SAME time. What else did he do? I don't want to know.
I am nearly heart broken.
O.K., this can be repaired, but the sheer stupidity is truly frightening. How can he not forget to breathe? I wonder if "curiosity" will lead him to wonder what will happen if he shoves his head in a meat grinder. It's been two weeks and I've yet to speak to him.
So, to Gershman-land the speakers go for some R&R and a therapist for me.Or my friend.