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Can speaker cables damage amplifiers?

I have been told on good authority that network cables such as TRANSPARENT and MIT can cause broad bandwith amplifiers (eg Krell) to "go into oscillation" and thereby cause some nasty damage. These cable manufacturers, apparently, are aware of this problem. Can anyone confirm this?
hungryear
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
That's a falacy, mine sound great with my Krell. However, have heard Goertz cables do awful things with it, and perhaps it was oscillation. It certainly was distortion. Why don't you e-mail Krell about it, I'm sure they'll answer you.
billspecfoc
103 posts
 
I don't know about Krell products, but Spectral recommends only MIT cables with their equipment to decrease the risk of oscillation.
bday0000
266 posts
 
What is oscillation?
pops
2,273 posts
 
I've never heard that or experienced any problem with 2 different sets of MIT speaker cables on Adcom 555 or my current Classe 200. And good question Bday0000.
hungryear OP
62 posts
 
E-mail response from Krell is that there are no problems using Transparent cables with their amps. Awaiting response from Tansparent, too. Incidentally, I still do not know what is meant by "oscillation".
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