The Speaker Company Home Theater Speaker Speaker System User Manual


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TheSpeakerCompanyHomeTheaterSpeakerSystem Page7
thewirei ntothathole.Releasethetabtocompletethe
connection.
5) Connectthe““conductortothe““speakerterminal.
Thenf ollowsteps1through5forallotheramplifierspeakerconnections
inyoursystem.Maintainthesamepatternforallam plifierspeaker
connections!
Whyareweplacingasmuchemphasisonconsistencyhere?Wewant
youtogetalltheperformanceyou’vepaidfor!
Whenyouramplifiertospeakerconnectionsareconsistent(when“+”is
alwaysconnectedto“+”and““isalwaysconnectedto““),your
speakersareconnected“inphase.”Thatmeansthedriv ersineach
speakerwillpushoutwhentheygetacommonpositivesignalfroman
amplifierandpullinwhentheygetanegativesignal.
Whenspeakersareconnected“outofphase,”thedriversfighteach
other–somemoveoutwhileothersmovein.Theresult?You’llget
lessbassandblurredimaging.That’saprettyheavypricetopayfornot
takingjustafewextrasecondstomakesureyourconnectionsare
correct.
SomeAdviceOnSpeakerWire
Pleaseuse16gaugewireifyouramplifiertospeaker
runsareunder50’.Forlongerruns,westrongly
suggest14gauge.
Foryourreference,standard“lampcord”availableat
mosthardwarestoresis18gauge.Bettertouse
heav ierwiresuchas16or14gauge.
Method2(SpeakerLevelConnection)
IfyourreceiverdoesnothaveanLFEoutput,simplyconnectyour
receiver’sLeftandRightspeakeroutputstothesubwooferinputs
marked“FromReceiver.”
ThenconnectyourmainLeftandRightspeakerstothesubwoofer’s“To
Speakers”outputs.
Notethatallotherspeakers(CenterChannel, LeftSurround,andRight
Surround)connectdirectlytothereceiver’sspeakeroutputsastheydid
inMethod1above.
Makesureyouobserveproperpolarity(“+”to“+”and““to““)forall
connections.
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