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#1749 - 04/05/02 11:00 AM bi-wiring
BenjaminRigby Offline
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I have a question for you guys. I have read about bi-wiring and tri-wiring speakers and was wondering how to connect the wires to the receiver/amplifier. I know that the speaker must be capable of bi-wiring, but on the other end, do both wires connect to the same terminal? Meaning if I have a bi-wireable center channel, I just connect both wires to the center channel terminal and will not need to amplifier sources?

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#1750 - 04/05/02 11:02 AM Re: bi-wiring
BenjaminRigby Offline
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Hey, I'm a Gunslinger now! Cool.

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#1751 - 04/05/02 11:04 AM Re: bi-wiring
Matthew Hill Offline
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Yes, connect to same amplifier terminal to bi-wire. If you use two different amplifier channels, then that's bi-amping. This is, I guess, the "next level" after bi-wiring, but of course needs twice the amplifier.

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#1752 - 04/05/02 12:32 PM Re: bi-wiring
Anonymous
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Hello,

I was wondering if I can "Bi-Amp" my center speaker with the front center and back center terminals on the Outlaw?

Thanks

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#1753 - 04/05/02 12:35 PM Re: bi-wiring
gonk Offline
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Sorry, mglodfelter, the back center doesn't produce the same signal, so you'd get different info to your center.

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#1754 - 04/05/02 12:38 PM Re: bi-wiring
Matthew Hill Offline
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Might sound kinda funky.

Seriously, though; Gonk has a good point. In order for bi-amping to work properly, you want both channels to have the same signal. Most often accomplished with a Y-connector between the pre/pro and the two amplifier channels.

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