Speakers, Speaker Installation, Connecting speakers

Speakers

Speaker Installation

The MZ12 amplifier allows the connection of up to twelve independent loudspeaker channels, arranged in six stereo zones. The MZ8 amplifier provides eight channels in four zones. Each zone is designed to provide amplification to one room of a multi-room installation; further options allow for greater flexibility when installing multiple loudspeaker pairs in a large space.

Connecting speakers

The MZ amplifiers are designed to drive full bandwidth speakers, rated between 4 and 8 ohms. The unit is fitted with speaker terminals that can accept either spade terminals or bare wires. Arcam’s Muso speakers are compact mini-monitor speakers which ideally match the design values and output characteristics of the MZ amplifier series. Your dealer will be able to advise you of suitable loudspeakers for other applications, for example in-ceiling use.

Single wiring

Single wiring is the conventional wiring method of running a single cable per channel between the amplifier and the speaker; this is the easiest technique.

If each speaker has more than one pair of connecting terminals, use the terminals labelled LF or ‘Low Frequency’ for each speaker.

Connect the positive terminal of the right speaker connection on the amplifier (coloured red and labelled +R) to the positive terminal of your right speaker.

Similarly, connect the negative terminal of the amplifier (coloured black and labelled with R–) to the negative terminal of your speaker. Repeat the process for the left speaker, using the amplifier terminals labelled +L and L–.

If your speakers support bi-wiring, then there is a strip of conductive metal on the speakers connecting the low-frequency terminals to those for the higher-frequencies; this must not be removed in a single- wired system.

Right speaker terminals

Left speaker terminals

Source

AUDIO IN

INPUT

AUDIO IN

Zone 1 of an MZ12 amplifier connected to speakers using single wiring