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Two pair of wiring screw sets?

post #1 of 5
4/11/11 at 4:40pm
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I got a nice pair of Klipsch speakers, and they have two pair of wiring screws (don't know the technical term for them).  The manual was rather sparse, but indicated using the top set, so that's what I did.  What is the second set for?

 

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post #2 of 5
4/11/11 at 5:18pm

Top set is usually directly connected to the high frequency drivers.  Lower to the woofers.  With 3 drivers, it would depend.

 

Usually, there are jumpers between the two sets of posts, and when you connect to either, you feed the music into speaker - and the crossover separates the frequencies, and sends them to the correct driver.

 

You can take off the jumpers, and "bi-amp" your speakers if you have a separate stereo amp for each set of drivers.  Some folks use a class A, or tube amp for the mid and high frequecies, and a more powefull amp for the lows.  On some speakers, using the bi-amp option takes the crossovers out of the path.

 

Lastly, you can "bi-wire_ by having 2 sets of speaker cables, all hooked to the same stereo terminals at the amp end, and hook to all of the terminals at the spearker end.  Tried this one myself with no appreciable difference, some folks swear by it.

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post #3 of 5
4/11/11 at 6:42pm
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I was wondering if the lower pair would be for a sub or something, but with just the 3 drivers I was wondering. I have this receiver http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882115211 since the speakers are easy to drive. Any recommendation beyond top set of screws to the R/W outputs?
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post #4 of 5
4/11/11 at 7:10pm

You'll be fine the way you're set up now.  As Bones indicated, the two sets of binding posts are for bi-amping, and since you don't have a second amp it's a moot point.

 

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post #5 of 5
4/11/11 at 8:26pm
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Awesome. Thank you for the fast and informative responses smily_headphones1.gif.
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