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Incorrect speaker cable connection can damage amp?

Dear Audiophile gurus,

I recently bought a tube integrated amplifier and
mistakenly I connected the speaker cables to the amp
outputs incorrectly; my amp has outputs for two sets of speakers as follows:
...............---- A -----.....................---- B -----
.set 1 ---> L..o....o..R.....................L..o....o..R
.set 2 ---> L..o....o..R.....................L..o....o..R

and when I first tried to hook things up I connected
for the Right speaker L to B1.R and R to B2.R and
for the Left speaker L to A1.L and R to A2.L

Can this cause any damage to my amplifier?!

Thank you in advance.
diavlos

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marakanetz
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It doesn't seem to me that you're shortcircuiting outputs so it will not damage your amp. Connect your speakers correctly to either one of sets. In lots of cases extra set exists for biwiring with the separate set of speaker cables(or wires). If you have a tube amp you should check if the two sets are designed to work with speakers that have a different impedance.
In well-designed tube amp there will be an output stage fuse that you can check, but first you should connect them properly and listen.

I'm still undefined about wheather the A, B are the sets of speakers(which I mostly believe) or set1,set2.
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