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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
cyberken
4 posts
 
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.
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
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.
hungryear OP
62 posts
 
Carl I have not used MIT. Was cautioned not to do so with my system.
carl_eber
1,425 posts
 
By who, a dealer who happens not to carry MIT cables? Hmmmm....I have a Krell amplifier, and gurantee that MIT cables have caused zero damage to it. Rather, they have made it finally perform to its full potential, to the point where I feel genuinely sorry for Krell owners who don't use MIT.
blues_man
133 posts
 
MIT cables are occasionally REQUIRED to PREVENT speaker damage. Wide bandwidth equipment (like Spectral) need MIT cables with many speekers.
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