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RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow?

Two cases I know of.

One of the first speaker cables in the USA were the Cobra cables imported by Polk Audio I believe. They presented a load to some amps that was reactive enough to blow up some amps(and probably cause some instability in more amps). Eventually a corrective network was added to the cables.

For many years(I don't know if it's still true) Naim would not guarantee warranting their amps unless they were used with their speaker cable. Again some cables could cause instability in Naim amps due to their reactive load. Obviously Naim cables were safe.


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  • RE: Can choice of cables cause an amp to blow? - hahax@verizon.net 20:34:30 10/12/16 (1)
    • Yep. - Jim Treanor 14:19:45 10/13/16 (0)

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