High or low terminals for speaker connection?
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Have been playing around lately with the speaker connections and wondered what experiences the rest of you on the have had. Manufacturers of other speakers I own with bi-wire terminals recommend connecting a single connection to the "high" terminals, while I think the Axiom manual said that it did not matter.
Personally I have found that with my M60s connected to the H- H+ terminals the sound is a little brighter and thinner than when connected to the L- L+. How do you have your M60s / M80s connected?
M60 connection posts:
H- H+ L- L+
M60s, VP150, QS8s(3), SVS PB12-isd, Denon 3805, Emotiva UPA-7
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Re: High or low terminals for speaker connection?
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This poll is moot for all new purchases. Axiom has gone to a single set of posts on their V3s, unless specially ordered with the double set.
Pioneer PDP-5020FD, Marantz SR6011 Axiom M5HP, VP160HP, QS8 Sony PS4, surround backs -Chris
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Personally I have found that with my M60s connected to the H- H+ terminals the sound is a little brighter and thinner than when connected to the L- L+. Well, the upper and lower terminals are connected by big straps of metal, so what you're hearing is the placebo effect.
::::::: No disrespect to Axiom, but my favorite woofer is my yellow lab :::::::
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David, there aren't any human beings who can hear the difference between connecting to the top or bottom terminals. Notice that I did say "the" difference, because there actually is one, measurable by instruments far more sensitive than our ears. The added resistance of the 2-3" of the connecting strip would lower the output of the driver connected through it by an amount on the order of a thousandth of a dB.
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Wow, he must have good ears!
-David
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LOL
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