my reply is yes

:-)

and with a decent pair of speakers that kick out enough volume when they are not turned up to full you should never need to turn them up so much that the speakers get damaged

and i'd much rather listen to the records that i love on a pair of speakers that can actually strongly and clearly reproduce the full range of sounds that the producer put into the track :clap:

a pair of crappy speakers will sound crappy and you will most likely have to turn them up to close to their max level - risking thrashing them