[jtstellar]

just bought some used monsoon mm-700.. wondering why the speaker wires don't have markings on them.. and they don't even have L/R markings

 

[fatcat28037]

Yes, polarity matters in all of life........and your speakers too.

 

[jtstellar]

if any body else owns monsoon planar speakers and can confirm that these designs are somehow different seeing as they don't seem to have cones, feel free to do so.

 

[bixby]

listen to fatcat, all speakers have polarity, just find the wire that looks different and hook it up to the same terminal on each speaker.  Then do the same with the other wire.
 
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Look for some writing on on leg of the wire or smooth vs ribbed to indicate polarity.  Once you find that hook up as above and play a mono source through the speaker,s like a voice.  If coming form the center the speakers are in phase and setup with the correct polarity.  If they sound diffuse and not centered reverse the connections at either the amp end or speaker end not both.
 
good luck.

 

[jtstellar]

Quote:

listen to fatcat, all speakers have polarity, just find the wire that looks different and hook it up to the same terminal on each speaker.  Then do the same with the other wire.
 
EDIT:
 
Look for some writing on on leg of the wire or smooth vs ribbed to indicate polarity.  Once you find that hook up as above and play a mono source through the speaker,s like a voice.  If coming form the center the speakers are in phase and setup with the correct polarity.  If they sound diffuse and not centered reverse the connections at either the amp end or speaker end not both.
 
good luck.

 
 
thanks for taking the time to respond, much appreciated.

 

[Roseval]

Try a phase test, you can hear if polarity is right: http://persiconi.com/wrx/downloads/empegsound/sound5.htm