I've had this old Rotel reciever hooked up to my Stanton CD and Turntable for a while now. Out of the back I have two unpowered speakers using regular speaker wire. I never thought about the way I hooked it up, but I think I might have had it backwards. One wire on each set of 2 for left and right has a blue line on it. Is that the negative or positive? I had the blue one going into the positive and the plain grey going into the negative. I just switched it the other way and there seems to be no difference. Does it matter?
2006-12-12 06:01:01 · 4 answers · asked by PaulN 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
Yeah but my question is, which is positive and which is negative? This is your standard stereo speaker wire.. it's thin. I don't make it too loud anyway.
2006-12-12 06:11:54 · update #1
Usually the wire with the markings on it is the positive wire, it doesn't matter until the sound is amplifed, in new recievers the system will shut off automatically. Even though the sound will work if you cross wire it you won't get the high tones or overall clarity until to get a straight DC current.
2006-12-12 06:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by GuitarJammer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The wire doesn't care which one is positive or negative, but the amp and speakers do. So it doesn't matter as long as you are consistent. Use the blue for positive and grey for negative in all instances and you are fine, but the other way around is ok also. Just keep it the same all the way through.
2006-12-12 06:23:15 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
living house cord will paintings for audio equipment yet i'd not propose it! living house cord is "good" and is not any longer very versatile & it also does no longer take care of vibration properly. it truly is why speaker cables are made from "stranded" cord. as long as you aren't to any extent further utilizing tremendous intense potential amps, 12 or 14 gauge stranded cord is what you ought to apply.
2016-10-18 04:22:53 · answer #3 · answered by gaffke 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ivintage wire will work fine till u start to ues power!! 10watts and up u need to use bigger wire
2006-12-12 06:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by dsk hi winni very gud answer, 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋