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Seeking help/opinion/cautionary tales re: cooked bass drivers & melted capacitors

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Behind blown woofers (i.e., voice coil heated/scorched/fused), found blown caps (i.e., melted/scorched).

Both speakers showed identical kind of damage, to an identical degree.

Each speaker is powered by its own monoblocked McIntosh 7100 (600wpc).

It appears I just allowed the drivers to cook themselves (too much volume for too long a time, with too little ventilation).

I am going to replace the caps and drivers (I already have the drivers). Anybody want to tell me what the likely outcome will be?

Am I missing something? Is there something else on the xover that would/should also be toast, but without showing damage?

Should I add fuses?

Any and all help greatly appreciated!

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