Bi-Amping Your Front Speakers; Bi-Wiring Your Speakers - Pioneer Elite VSX-54TX Operating Instructions Manual

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Bi-amping your front speakers

Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver
and low frequency driver of your speakers to different
amplifiers (in this case, to both front and surround back
terminals) for better crossover performance. Your
speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate
terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement
will depend on the kind of speakers you're using.
1 Connect your speakers as shown below.
This illustration below shows the connections for bi-
amping your front left speaker. Hook up your front right
speaker in the same way.
Front left
speaker
Hi
Lo
Since both front and surround back speaker terminals
output the same audio, it doesn't matter which set (front
or surround back) is powering which part (Hi or Low) of
the speaker.
• Make sure that the + / – connections are properly
inserted.
2 Select the 'Front Bi-Amp' setting from the
'SurrBack System' menu.
See Surround back speaker setting on page 50 to specify
how you're using the surround back speaker terminals.
Caution
• Most speakers with both Hi and Low terminals have
two metal plates that connect the Hi to the Low
terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-
amping the speakers or you could severely damage
the amplifier. See your speaker manual for more
information.
• If your speakers have a removable crossover network,
make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing
so may damage your speakers.
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Bi-wiring your speakers

The reasons for bi-wiring are basically the same as bi-
amping, but additionally, interference effects within the
wire could be reduced, producing better sound. Again, to
do this your speakers must be bi-wireable (that is they
must have separate terminals for the high and low
frequencies). When bi-wiring, make sure you've selected
Normal Surround in Surround back speaker setting on
page 50.
• To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords
to the speaker terminal on the receiver.
Using a banana plug for the second connection is
recommended.
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Caution
• Make sure you use a parallel (not series, which are
fairly uncommon) connection when bi-wiring your
speakers.
• Don't connect different speakers from the same
terminal in this way.