Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

Sounds like the audio amp is too powerful for the speakers if it permanently damages it.

I'm betting the amp is integrated into a multi function chip or codec where it was selected because of integrated features rather then matched to the required speaker power.

Huh. So "we'll fix it in software" is the consumer device equivalent of the entertainment industry's, "we'll fix it in post"?

You have no idea. Faulty hardware? We'll fix it in the drivers.