Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc.
Fsmithjack, yes, what you said in your last post is correct. And for a typical RCA plug, such as this one (shown with its housing removed) the connection point for the ground shell is easy to distinguish from the one for the center pin once the housing is taken off. In the one shown in that photo it would be the longish part that extends out to the lower left. Best regards, -- Al |
Yes. The black wire would be soldered to the wrap-around piece having the little teeth in it (the part of the plug that is closest to the lower left of the photo I provided). The small circle that is further forward and is centered in the middle, which in a normal RCA cable would be used for the signal connection, should be left unconnected. Also, as you most likely already realize, since you are using two subs the red and yellow wires from each sub would BOTH be connected to the amp's positive output terminal for the corresponding channel. In other words, the red and yellow wires from the sub on the left would connect to the amp's + output terminal for the left channel, and the red and yellow wires from the sub on the right would connect to the amp's + output terminal for the right channel. The RCA plug to which the black wire from the left sub is connected would plug into the amp's RCA input for the left channel, and the RCA plug to which the black wire from the right sub is connected would plug into the amp's RCA input for the right channel. Best regards, -- Al |
If by "spliced them together" you mean that the red wire from one sub is electrically connected to the red wire from the other sub, and the yellow wire from one sub is electrically connected to the yellow wire from the other sub, that would be wrong. That would result in both subs reproducing an identical monophonic signal representing the low frequency content of the sum of the two channels, rather than the left sub reproducing the low frequency content of the left channel signal, and the right sub reproducing the low frequency content of the right channel signal. So you wouldn’t be gaining most of the advantage of having two subs. But if you just mean that they are physically bundled together, and none of the wires are electrically connected to each other, that would be ok. Or, alternatively, you could electrically connect left sub red to left sub yellow, and connect that combination to the amp’s left channel +, while connecting right sub red to right sub yellow, and connecting that combination to the amp’s right channel +. With the RCA plugs that are connected to the black wires plugged in as I described in my previous post. Best regards, -- Al |
