Shorting output cables question

[tazman]

Hi everyone - I'm new here.  I have been here and found lots of great info in the past.

I have a question.  I made a DB25 to DB25 cable.  I had soldered 3 DB25 connectors that day and must have been tired cause when I tested the cable with a continuity meter, I found that a couple of the wire on the last DB25 connector I soldered were touching and shorting.  So I fixed it.  But this got me wondering... 
This cable goes from the analog output of my AD/DA converter to another box (a summing box I built).  If by any chance any of these wires were shorting to each other, would this just degrade the audio signal or could it actually cause damage to the converter? 

Thanks

Rob

 

[JohnRoberts]

Most products are designed anticipating that consumers will abuse them. Some expensive/esoteric products may not be as idiot-proofed as mainstream consumer products, for sundry reasons.

It's never a good idea to short outputs to ground or other outputs, but most will survive unscathed.

JR

 

[tazman]

Thanks.  The converter is a Lynx Aurora 16.  I don't like to have shorts either, but my OCD wanted me to make sure just in case