Possible speaker damage because of MP3 file?

Solution 1:

Depends on the nature of the damage. Worst case scenario is your speakers 'blew' or the diaphragm of the speakers got torn - in which case there's not much you can do. In either case, i can see playing sounds at a lower volume making a difference.

Unfortunately most tests for either involve opening up your system and visually inspecting the speaker for tears on the cone, and/or checking the resistance of the speaker

Solution 2:

Yes, it is indeed possible to damage speakers from loud sounds. I'm not going to listen to your mp3, as I'm not risking my speakers to diagnose your issue here (sorry!), but there are a variety of things that may can happen if you exceed the maximum specifications your loudspeakers were designed for. I've "popped" a couple of speakers in my time by playing music excessively loud through an amplifier that is rated past the speakers (over-driving), but if your mp3 is recorded with sudden sounds as you state, this could easily temporarily overburden your speaker.

As you don't state what damage you think has been done, it is difficult to help you with more specifics.

Solution 3:

For what it's worth the file seems either deliberately or accidentally corrupt and so you were just listening to random sound artifacts: