Bi-wiring ? help! (1 Viewer)

[Jared_C]

I just got my used wharfedale diamond 8.2 bookshelf speakers today, no instructions. i am very new to ht, wondering how to wire them. the terminals have the gold connector luping them together. each terminal either says hf or lf below it. how do i wire these? do i just connect wire to one of the pos and one of the neg? if so, the hf terminal or the lf terminal? please help me

 

[ChadLB]

LF= Low frequencies
HF = High frequencies if you bi-wire them.
You don't have to so you can just connect -wire to -post
+wire to +post it wont matter as long as you leave the gold connector connecting the posts.
Any other questions let us know.

Current System:

RECEIVER PIONEER VSX-D811S
EQUALIZER KENWOOD 1070EK
DVD PLAYER PIONEER DV-333
TV TOSHIBA 36A40
VCR SONY SLV695HV
CENTER CHANNEL ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-4C
BOOKSHELF ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-17
MAIN SPEAKER ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-11
SUBWOOFER ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-S112PS

POWER SURGE ACOUSTIC RESEARCH AR-10V
SUBWOOFER CABLE MIT RG-59
BI WIRE CABLE MIT - BI WIRE TERMINATOR
COMPONENT VIDEO CABLE IXOS 1713-200
COAXIAL CABLE IXOS 1061-100
CENTER CHANNEL WIRE IXOS 6007
SUBWOOFER CABLE IXOS 1182
VHS CABLES ESOTERIC AUDIO USA AVK2

 

[Jared_C]

if i bi wire them, i just run seperate wires from each hf and lf terminal to the same speaker jack on the back of my receiver?

 

[ChadLB]

a) you can buy bi wire cable or
b) use 2 sets of wires and wire one set to the LF and one set to the HF and then take both positives and twist them together and hook them to the back of your receiver and take both negatives and hook them to the back of your reciever....does this make sense?

 

[Jared_C]

ok, makes total sense, except i don't understand how bi-wiring it would really give me any diff sound. thanks for the responses

 

[ChadLB]

Here is a great diagram for bi wiring
http://www.davidmannaudio.com/faq/faq3.html
Here is an article on bi wiring
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~axiom13/biwire.html
What is bi-wiring and what are the advantages?
http://www.vandersteen.com/pages/Answr7.htm
Enjoy.....

 

[Jared_C]

ChadLB, you couldn't have summed it up better, thanks for the awesome links