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Best way to wire these speakers up?
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What model are they?
I'd assume you can connect positive and negative to the LF+ and LF- then link each to the corresponding HF terminal, leave the earth disconnected, I've never seen a passive speaker with an earth connection before.
The only problem you might have is the impedance, if it's meant to match to a specific amplifier.
I'd assume you can connect positive and negative to the LF+ and LF- then link each to the corresponding HF terminal, leave the earth disconnected, I've never seen a passive speaker with an earth connection before.
The only problem you might have is the impedance, if it's meant to match to a specific amplifier.
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They are for bi-amping 2 power amps.Never seen an earth used before.
They should have come with connecting tabs so you use them with an integrated amp.
They should have come with connecting tabs so you use them with an integrated amp.
The earth or ground terminal is to enable the use of a shielded or screened loudspeaker cable as that will offer further performance advantages over standard two wire speaker cables.
The screening termination should be connected to the earth or ground (green) terminal on the loudspeaker and to the ground or earth connection on the amplifier chassis.
Alternatively if you are not using a screened loudspeaker cable but wish to utilise the earthing facility, run a single cable between the earth or 'ground' terminal on the loudspeaker direct to the earth (ground) connection on the amplifier.
Earthing or grounding the screen of the speaker cables tends to lower the noise floor, as it prohibits the pick up of RF from the cables and grounds any RF picked up back to the amp chassis.
The one main caveat on all of this is ONLY use shielded cables and an earth/ground wire on amps that are designed for it, the majority of amps are not, and you will actually create more problems, such as creating a ground loop, than you may loose by earthing out speaker units to chassis of amps that are not designed for it.
The screening termination should be connected to the earth or ground (green) terminal on the loudspeaker and to the ground or earth connection on the amplifier chassis.
Alternatively if you are not using a screened loudspeaker cable but wish to utilise the earthing facility, run a single cable between the earth or 'ground' terminal on the loudspeaker direct to the earth (ground) connection on the amplifier.
Earthing or grounding the screen of the speaker cables tends to lower the noise floor, as it prohibits the pick up of RF from the cables and grounds any RF picked up back to the amp chassis.
The one main caveat on all of this is ONLY use shielded cables and an earth/ground wire on amps that are designed for it, the majority of amps are not, and you will actually create more problems, such as creating a ground loop, than you may loose by earthing out speaker units to chassis of amps that are not designed for it.