Connections - Emotiva X-Ref Series User Manual

Connections

Connecting your X-Ref Series speakers to a power amp or receiver
Although the X-Ref Series speakers have no special connection requirements, the following
suggestions may be helpful:
• Always use high-quality speaker wire of reasonable gauge (16 gauge or heavier)
• If you must use thinner wire, try to keep the length as short as possible
• Be careful to wire both (or all) speakers "in phase" (the plus/red terminal on each
speaker to the plus/red terminal on your amp)
• Try to use wires of equal length and gauge for symmetrical pairs of speakers
(don't use a long 16 gauge wire for your Left Front and a short 10 gauge wire
for the Right Front)
• If you use stranded cables, use care to avoid short circuits (from stray strands touching)
• Emotiva offers very high quality pre-made speaker cables at reasonable prices
(you will find them in the Interconnects section of our website at www.emotiva.com)
X-Ref Series terminal plate
(on rear panel) -
showing bi-amp terminal links
(REMOVE these links for
bi-wiring or bi-amping)
Various types of common speaker connections (one channel shown)
Standard Speaker Bi-Wired Speaker
Connection
AMPLIFIER
SPEAKER
Bi-amp terminal Bi-amp terminal
links CONNECTED links REMOVED
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Passive Bi-Amped Speaker
Connection
AMPLIFIER AMPLIFIER 1
SPEAKER
Bi-amp terminal
links REMOVED
Connection
Both ampli er inputs
are connected to the
same preamp output
signal
SPEAKER
AMPLIFIER 2