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Shorting the speaker wires

I just tripped on the right channel speaker wire which pulled the terminators out of the speaker. Sparks flew and my heart dropped. Bought the ARC 150.2 just 2 weeks ago here on Audiogon.

Live in Fresno so no dealer. Took it to a local electronics store who said no problem we will fix it.

The store was an utter mess.

Speakers are Linn .

The cables are ARC Litz and have lugs terminating on Monster X-terminators.

Suggestions for new termination?

Thanks
mendota9811

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hotsauce
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Some amps are tolerent of shorting, and many are not.

Some amps also are not tolerent of having no load on the speaker terminals at all.

I have also seen a friend damage a speaker by hot swapping a RCA cable. The connection thump caused an arc in his Quads.

John C.
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