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Separate and strip the ends of the speaker
wire as shown. Speakers and electronics
terminals have corresponding (+) and (–)
terminals. Most manufacturers of speakers
and electronics, including Harman Kardon,
use red to denote the (+) terminal and
black for the (–) terminal.
The (+) lead of the speaker wire is noted
with a stripe. It is important to connect both
speakers identically: (+) on the speaker to
(+) on the amplifier and (–) on the speaker
to (–) on the amplifier.Wiring “out of
phase” results in thin sound, weak bass and
a poor stereo image.
With the advent of multichannel
surround-sound systems, connecting all
of the speakers in your system with the cor-
rect polarity remains equally important in
order to preserve the proper ambience and
directionality of the program material.
Speaker-Level Connection Guide
SPEAKER CONNECTIONS