Two amps to one speaker


I use an Ayre VX-5 Twenty to drive a pair of KEF LS50s.  Occasionally I'd like to use a pair of Cary 572 SE monoblocks.  Would I create a problem by connecting cables from the Ayre with spades and those from the Cary with bananas?  Of course, only the Ayre or Cary monoblocks would be powered up at a time.

The cables from the Ayre to the KEFs is Cardas Clear Day with spades at both ends.  I suppose I could have one end converted to bananas, and that might be the proper solution.

db
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Thanks for the responses.  Al, I was pretty sure I knew the answer was don't do it, but I couldn't give an explanation as you did -- now I understand why I shouldn't do it.

Except for Oppos, I buy almost all my equipment used, and that's true of the Clear Day speaker cables. They're a bit longer than I want, so I think I'll have them cut into four pieces, each with spade-to-amp and banana-to-speaker termination.

BTW:  Ayre C-5xeMP, K-5xeMP, VX-5 Twenty to KEF LS50s delivers fine sound.  I supplement the LS50s with a pair of Velodyne HGS-10s, low passed with a 100-Hz card by a Beverage RM-3.
I've decided that each amp will have its own speaker lead, terminated at the speaker end with a banana plug.  When a particular amp is in use it will first be connected to a speaker and only then powered up.  So at no time will two amps be connected to any speaker, nor will any amp be powered up without first being connected to a speaker.  I certainly don't want to put the Ayre VX-5 Twenty nor the Cary 572 SE monoblocks at risk. 

db