Can speaker cables damage amplifiers?

I know what I hear, and the Goertz speaker cables were distorted in a way, and to a degree, that no other cables I've tried have exhibited. Since speaker cabling was the only thing I was changing, I don't see how the distortion was geing caused by anything else. I don't know whether the amp was beginning to oscillate or not, but I do know that the strained distortion I heard gave me the feeling that I was hearing the two poles of the cable in proximity much too close to each other (with very little dielectric functionality/pole separation) over the cable's entire length.

Both Krell and Transparent have assured me that they use Transparent cables and have had no problems regarding oscillation

Marlec, have you tried MIT cables?

hi, i have krell fpb 600s and found the goertz cables to be a bad match,,,very crisp and annoyingly metallic/sharp. i use cardas goldercross now,,,they are wonderful with the krells if your speakers are high resolution models.

Your experience with the Goertz is identical to my experience with it, with my Krell. I suspect you would love MIT cables. They kill the Cardas Neutral Reference cables I've been trying for a while.