Owner’s Manual
Connecting Your RR 2150
Connecting Audio Recording Equipment and an External Processor to the RR 2150
Loudspeaker Connections
The connections between the RR 2150 and your loudspeakers are critical to good sound. Although there’s a lot of debate about the “best” speaker wire and the “best” connectors, our advice is to use what you feel is appropriate. How- ever, we do feel that there is one vital guideline: If the run from your RR 2150 to a speaker is less than 40 feet, use speaker wire with a conductor diameter that’s identified as “16 gauge” or lower. For longer runs, use a minimum of 14 gauge wiring.
If you’re confused by the “gauge,” you’re not alone. The standard in wire measurements is called AWG, or American Wire Gauge. The AWG number refers to the diameter of one conductor only (speaker wire has two conductors) and smaller gauge numbers mean larger conductors. Here’s a short list of gauge numbers and their corresponding diameters:
12 gauge | .0808" |
14 gauge | .0641" |
16 gauge | .0508" |
18 gauge | .0402" |
22 gauge | .0254" |
You can see that “hardware store” 22 or 24 gauge wire is very thin. We don’t recommend it for any serious audio application. Even 18 gauge “zip cord” (also called “lamp cord”) is not that substantial. 16 gauge is our minimum recom- mendation. 14 gauge is better. 12 gauge is excellent but is comparatively hard to work with (it usually doesn’t bend easily and terminations – lugs or banana
plugs – are problematic.) The advantage of large diameter wire is that, all else being equal, it has less resistance to current flow than thin wire.
Speaker Connections
Many Outlaws will use full range speakers with the RR 2150. These speakers reproduce the entire audible range from a single enclosure. Some will aug- ment their full range speakers’ bass output capability by adding a subwoofer. In still other cases, some will use compact “monitor” or bookshelf speakers with limited low end performance in combination with a separate subwoofer. Regardless of the configuration, brand or model of your speakers, the RR 2150 is uniquely designed to provide outstanding sound quality.
Physical Connection
The RR 2150 accommodates two separate pairs of speakers so that you may have one pair in your main listening room and another in a remote location such as a patio or the kitchen. Speaker connections are made the same way for both sets of speakers, but always make certain that you connect a pair of speakers, not just one. As the audio sent to both speakers is the same, it makes no difference which pair is connected to which set of terminals, but most will attach their main speakers to the System A terminals and secondary speakers (if used) to the System B terminals.
The speaker connectors (RP19) are
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