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Chapter 2 - Speaker lnstallation
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Connections
Professional grade 5-way gold-plated binding posts are provided for extemal wiring
to the amplifier.
This type of cormector can accommodate bare or tirmed wires,
banana plugs and even spade lugs.
About Wire: A lot of hype and confusion exists about the type of speaker wires to
use, most of it created by the wire manufacturers themselves in an effort to have a
unique story to tell. While this expensive wire will not hurt the speaker's perfor-
mance at all, Alesis does not subscribe to most of this hype and chooses to take an
approach based on science when recommmding
speaker wire. Our recommendation
is sirnple; use the shortest length of the largest diameter wire you can get. #12-14
gauge multi-stranded
speaker wire found at most hi-fi and electronics stores works
very well. This kind of wire resembles oversized lamp cord and is very easy to work
with.
Before connecting the speakers, check that your amplifier is tumed OFF. Be sure
you get the + terminals of the speakers wired to the + terminals of the amplifier.
To
help you do this, most speaker cable has a way to tell one conductor from another.
Some use different-colored
wires or insulation; others mold a small line or marker
into one insulator to mark it. If one speaker's polarity is out of phase with the other,
the result will be loss of low frequency response and stereo imaging when the system
is played. In most cases, the speaker outputs of the amplifier will have a red terminal
and a black terminal; these should be cortnected to the same-colored terminals of the
Point Seven Reference Manual
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