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The ACE™ Series Loudspeakers have both a 1/4"
phone jack and a 4–pole Neutrik
®
Speakon
®
(NL4) style
input connections. The connectors are wired as follows:
Polarity 1/4"Phone Jack NL4 Speakon®
Positive (+) Tip 1+
Negative (–) Sleeve 1–
The 1/4" jack and the NL4 Speakon® connector are
wired in parallel. This allows either connector to be
used as an input and the other as an output. Never use
both as inputs!
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+2
+1
TWO–WAY
CROSSOVER
Multiple loudspeakers can be daisy chained (linked),
eliminating the need for several long cumbersome
runs of speaker cable. There are two ways to daisy
chain several ACE™ speakers together. One way is to
use cables with a 1/4" phone plug on one end and a
4–pole Neutrik
®
Speakon
®
plug on the other end. The
second way is to use cables with 1/4" phone plugs on
both ends and cables with Speakon® plugs on both
ends, alternating from one speaker to the next (see
illustration).
Each additional loudspeaker in a daisy chain
configuration will reduce the total impedance load.
Make sure that you stay above the minimum
impedance load rating for your amplifier to avoid
damage to your equipment. Below are the total
impedance loads of ACE™ series loudspeakers
linked:
Number of Cabinets: 2 3 4
Total Impedance Load: 4Ω 2.6Ω 2Ω
Prevent power loss and the degradation of sound quality
by using heavier (lower gauge number) speaker cables
when:
•Long speaker cables are necessary
•Two or more loudspeakers are linked together
With ONE loudspeaker, connections up to:
•25-feet require 18-gauge cable
•50-feet require 16-gauge cable
•100-feet require 14-gauge cable
With TWO loudspeakers, linked, connections up to:
•25-feet require 16-gauge cable
•50-feet require 14-gauge cable
•100-feet require 12-gauge cable
With THREE loudspeakers, linked, connections up to:
•25-feet require 14-gauge cable
•50-feet require 12-gauge cable
•100-feet require 10-gauge cable
With FOUR loudspeakers, linked, connections up to:
•25-feet require 12-gauge cable
•50-feet require 10-gauge cable
•100-feet require 8-gauge cable
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