TAG MCLAREN AUDIO 60P Owner's Manual - page 9
The simplest way to connect your loudspeakers is to run a single
cable (consisting of two wires) to each one. For each stereo
channel connect the red terminal on the loudspeaker to the red
terminal on the 60P. Repeat for the black terminals
(1)
.
If your loudspeakers have separate connections for high and low
frequencies make sure these are linked together.
With many high-quality loudspeakers, you can make separate
connections to the high- and low-frequency drivers
(1)
. In such
cases, you may want to run separate cables for the high and low
frequencies as shown in the diagram. To do this, you will need to
remove the links, provided as part of the loudspeaker, which
connect the drivers. Please refer to your loudspeaker instructions
to find out how to do this.
Bi-wiring provides separate paths for high- and low-frequency
signals, improving the sound quality in many cases.
standard
connection
bi-wiring
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connecting loudspeakers
connecting loudspeakers
1. Connecting black to black and red to red ensures that the ‘phasing’ is correct.
If this is wrong it can affect the sound. If your loudspeaker terminals are not
colour-coded, black corresponds to negative (-) and red corresponds to positive
(+) or signal. Please refer to your loudspeaker manual for details
2. This diagram, and those that follow, are for illustrative purposes only; they are
not to scale and do not show all connections
1. The ‘driver’ is the mechanism inside the case of the loudspeaker which actually
makes the sound. Most high-quality loudspeakers have drivers for high, low and
often middle frequencies and the capability to connect them separately.
However, the lack of this facility is not necessarily a sign of low quality
(as some of the finest loudspeakers in the world have proved)
This diagram shows
a 60P connected to
loudspeakers with
a single input
(2)
This diagram shows a
60P bi-wired to
loudspeakers
out
in
right speaker
hf
lf
left speaker
hf
lf
out
in
right speaker
hf
lf
left speaker
hf
lf
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