How to connect bi-wire speakers

Edmond,

Is your cable a bi-wire? If so, simply connect the 2 negative leads of the wire (usually marked black) to the negative terminals on the speaker and the positive leads (usually marked red) to the positive terminals.

If the cable is not a bi-wire, you should place your jumper between the negative and positive terminals of either the tweeter or woofer. It doesn't make any difference which ones are jumpered, just be sure to place the jumpers on the same "type" of terminals (tweeter or woofer).

One other thing, as long as both speakers are connected in the same way to the amplifier, they will remain in-phase. So, it doesn't matter whether the gold speaker terminal is positive or negative, just make sure both speakers are connected identically.

I hope this is clear. If not, I'll try again [smile].

-RW-

"If the cable is not a bi-wire, you should place your jumper between the negative and positive terminals of either the tweeter or woofer. It doesn't make any difference which ones are jumpered, just be sure to place the jumpers on the same "type" of terminals (tweeter or woofer)."

NO-o-o-o-o-o!

Speaker cable either to tweeter terminals (+/-) OR to woofer terminals (+/-) OR to one tweeter terminal (+/-) AND one woofer terminal (opposing leg of +/- from that of tweeter terminal).

After you have sorted out this six-and-one-half-dozen scenario connect the jumpers to tweeter/woofer terminals (+/+) AND tweeter/woofer terminals (-/-).

Otherwise you may have smoke coming from the amp and no sound (with the exception of small exploding sounds).

Good luck!

I would connect both +&- of the Silversmith to the high frequency terminals, and then the jumpers from there to the low frequency terminals. Why? High frequency information is more likely to suffer (i.e., detail) from added connections and wire than the low frequency.

Edmond,
The best sound will be achieved by attaching the speaker cables to the tweeter binding posts and connecting the bass posts via the jumper. If you, instead, connect the speaker cables to the bass binding posts, your sound will be noticeably degraded. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. By the way, Silversmith Audio also makes jumpers.

Best Regards,

Jeffrey Smith
Silversmith Audio