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Loose speaker wire and high power amps

Ok I have a 14b3 Bryston 600 watt bench tested to 680. Today I found the 12tc Limber bare wire connection very loose on the amp with maybe half tbe strands attached. The amp had been running hotter the last couple of weeks. I also run it hard and loud. I fixed it now. Besides maybe drawing more electricity could I have damaged my amp and what effect on the sound could it have been? The left side did seem a bit weaker in the bass last weekend when I did some speaker placement checks and did the balance controls. Is this what happens or did I just imagine the bass lower?
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Is this what happens or did I just imagine the bass lower?

Hard to say for sure. Are you able to imagine the bass higher?

Seriously though yes, the fewer the strands the smaller the effective gauge so the higher the resistance and the lower the power to the speaker. 
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