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Re: connecting additional speakers to a 5.1 receiver

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BrassMonkey

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In Reply to: Re: connecting additional speakers to a 5.1 receiver posted by marcoangels on May 29, 2003 at 22:28:00:

If I understand correctly, this represents how you have it wired:
BreceivrR
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Bspeak01R
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Bspeak02R
that is parallel, and halving you impedence. This is probably working your receiver too hard.
Try wiring the speakers like this:
|---BreceivrR---|
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Bspeak01R |
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Bspeak02R
and see how it sounds. It will be easier on the amplifier.

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Re: connecting additional speakers to a 5.1 receiver - mauimusicman 14:54:37 06/01/03 (1)
Might be easier on the amp but it will be 100 times more painfull to the EAR. Do you work for Bose or something? This is how the 901's are wired. Driving speakers off the output of speakers is insane. Stop screwing with the series wiring while your ears still function.
- What? Are you talking to me? - BrassMonkey 21:16:49 06/08/03 (0)
  I don't work for bose, and I'm not screwing with series wiring.
  I was just trying to clarify what I understood as a suggestion from another post. I certainly wouldn't recommend driving speakers in series - or parallel for that matter.
  All I said was that it would work the amp less.
  Grow up.
drat. let's see if this looks better. - BrassMonkey 07:52:28 05/30/03 (0)
Ok, well my ASCII diagram keeps getting mutilated by the website software.
Try this:
Go from receiver+ to speakera+
From speakera- to speakerb+
and from speakerb- receiver-
That will be wired in "series", and work your amp less...

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