Question for Lord Valve

Hi Lord Valve, I just started reading Daniel Levitin's book, "This is
Your Brain on Music" and in the introduction he says that in his
college days he listened to music at such high volumes that: "I
actually set my loudspeakers on fire by cranking the volume too high."
Is this hyperbole, or can this really happen? Thanks.
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