Pioneer S-2EX Owner's Manual - Page 4
When bi-amping, Bi-wiring Connections - speaker
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• You can also use banana plugs for this connection. To do so, you must first remove the caps from the terminal posts. Short bar connectors Black terminal ( ) Red terminal ( ) 2 Insert a speaker cable into each of the terminal post holes, then tighten the knobs. High frequency terminals Low frequency terminals Black terminal ( ) Red terminal ( ) 3 Connect the other ends of the cables to the amp's speaker output terminals (for more details, refer to your amp owner's manual). • After connecting the plugs, pull lightly on the cables to make sure that the ends of the cables are securely connected to the terminals. Poor connections can create noise and interruptions in the sound. • If the cables' wires happen to be pushed out of the terminals, allowing the wires to come into contact with each other, it places an excessive additional load on the amp. This may cause the amp to stop functioning, and may even damage the amp. • When using a set of speakers connected to an amplifier, you won't be able to obtain the normal stereo effect if the polarity ( , ) of one of the speakers (left or right) is reversed. Bi-wiring Connections Bi-wiring requires two cables for each speaker, one for high frequencies and one for low frequencies. Using separate cables for the high end and low end improves the sound. Caution: when bi-wiring Note that in this setup, connecting the cables with the polarity reversed may seriously degrade the tone; refer to the section "Connecting the cables" again and confirm that the cables are connected properly. 3 Connect the matched pairs to the same speaker terminals on your amp (taking care not to get the polarity reversed). Make sure to use the same type of cable for the low-frequency and the same type for the high-frequency connections. When bi-amping Bi-amping is an even more powerful way of connecting your speakers. Just as with bi-wiring, the input terminal short bars are removed, but here the low-frequency terminals are connected to a separate, dedicated low-frequency amp, and the high-frequency terminals are connected to a dedicated high-frequency amp. Tweeter amp Speaker Black Red Amplifier Speaker Black Red R ch L ch 1 Loosen the cap knobs on the left input terminals and remove the two short bars. In this state, the low-frequency speakers and the higherfrequency speakers are completely independent. Store the short bars in a safe place for later use. The lower terminals are for the bass, and the upper terminals are for midrange and treble sounds. Speaker Black Red R ch L ch Woofer amp Speaker Black Red R ch L ch 4 En