Speaker Cable Connection; Single Speaker Cable Connection - Viola Systems LEGACY Owner's Manual

of the speaker leads on both channels. Your dealer should be able to advise you on
the best course of action.
If two items in the signal path have the connections to pins 2 and 3 of the XLR
connector reversed with respect to the AES standard, this cancels out the problem
and you need take no further action.

SPEAKER CABLE CONNECTION

Caution!
• NEVER connect a power amplifier's output terminals to any
device other than a loudspeaker.
• NEVER short-circuit the amplifier's output terminals.
• ALWAYS switch the amplifier off before connecting or
disconnecting signal or speaker cables.
CABLES AND CONNECTORS
To realize the full potential of the Legacy, we recommend the use of a high-quality
speaker cable such as the VIOLA Jazz cable. Consult your VIOLA dealer for details.
The Legacy is equipped with four pair of high quality binding posts.
designed to accept cables fitted with spade lugs. The lugs should either be soldered
or crimped to the speaker cable – the latter is preferred. We do not recommend the
use of bare wire to connect the speaker cable to the binding post. This produces an
inferior connection that degrades as the bare conductors become tarnished.

SINGLE SPEAKER CABLE CONNECTION

WARNING: The Legacy uses a balanced output connection. There is voltage on both
the plus and minus terminals. Do not ground any output connection.
Connect red (H) binding post on the rear of the Legacy to the input terminal marked
+, or colored red on the speaker.
Connect the black (L) binding post on the rear of the Legacy to the input terminal
marked -, or colored black on the speaker.
Use the impedance tap that best matches your speaker. If you have a nominal 8 Ω
speaker use the 8 Ω connection.
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14 th February 2009