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Banana plug connections

If you want to use speaker cables terminated with banana plugs, screw the speaker terminal fully shut, then plug the banana plug into the end of the speaker terminal.

Bi-amping your speakers

Bi-amping is when you connect the high frequency driver and low frequency driver of your speakers to different amplifiers for better crossover performance. Your speakers must be bi-ampable to do this (having separate terminals for high and low) and the sound improvement will depend on the kind of speakers you’re using.

Front right

 

 

 

Front left

Bi-amp compatible

 

Bi-amp compatible

speaker

 

 

speaker

High

 

 

 

High

Low

 

 

 

Low

A

FRONT

CENTER

 

FRONT HEIGHT

 

R

L

R

L

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

A

SPEAKERS

CAUTION

!Most speakers with both High and Low terminals have two metal plates that connect the High to the Low terminals. These must be removed when you are bi-amping the speakers or you could severely damage the amplifier. See your speaker manual for more information.

!If your speakers have a removable crossover network, make sure you do not remove it for bi-amping. Doing so may damage your speakers.

Connecting your equipment

Bi-wiring your speakers

Your speakers can also be bi-wired if they support bi-amping.

!With these connections, the Speaker System setting makes no difference.

CAUTION

!Don’t connect different speakers from the same terminal in this way.

!When bi-wiring as well, heed the cautions for bi-amping shown above.

%To bi-wire a speaker, connect two speaker cords to the speaker terminal on the receiver.

Using a banana plug for the second connection is recommended.

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