Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
18-gauge
or
1.0 mm dia (lamp cord)
16-gauge or 1.3 mm dia (heater cord)
14-gauge or 1.6 mm dia
12-gauge
or
2.0 mm dia
B. Selecting Speaker Wire
We recommend the following gauge
of
standard two-conductor wire for the
wiring distances specified;
if you prefer you can use thicker (lower-gauge)
wire.
Under 25 ft
«7.5m)
25 - 50 ft (7.5-15 m)
50 - 100 ft (15-30 m)
Over 100 ft (>30 m)
C.
Connecting
In
Phase
Connect speakers identically to your amplifier
or
receiver on each
channel-Red
amp/receiver terminal to Red speaker terminal, Black to
Black.
This will ensure that the diaphragms
of
the speakers on both channels
move forward and backward together ("in-phase"), rather than in opposition
("out-of-phase"). In-phase connection provides maximum clarity and bass,
while out-of-phase connection results
in
frequency cancellations and
produces thinner and less distinct
sound-with
less bass, vague vocal quality,
and no solid centre image.
To
help insure the proper connection, the two
separate conducting wires in a standard two-conductor speaker cable are
coded
in
one way or another to be distinguishable from each other. (The
jacket
of
one wire may be ribbed
or
marked with "+" signs, or one wire under
the insulation may be a different colour from the other.) Use this wire-coding,
together with the amp/receiver and speaker colour-coding, to be sure you are
connecting the same wire
of
a given pair to a like-coded terminal at both ends
of
your connection.
Right
Speaker
:a
1
__
-
Left
Speaker
a
....
~
Amplifier
Output
Right
a
C'.
Wiring in Phase Between Speakers and Amplifier
D.
Be sure all wiring terminals, are tightened firmly secure, but be careful not to
over-tighten and damage the connectors.
E.
Bi-wiring and Bi-amping (Alpha
T1
only)
The metal jumper strap that connects the two sets
of
terminals on some
of
our
speakers is removable. This allows you to connect either separate cables to
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