Emotiva X-Ref - Manual (Page 18)

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Connections
Connecting your X-Ref Series speakers to a power amp or receiver
Although the X-Ref Series speakers have no special connection requirements, the following
suggestions may be helpful:
• Always use high-quality speaker wire of reasonable gauge (16 gauge or heavier)
• If you must use thinner wire, try to keep the length as short as possible
• Be careful to wire both (or all) speakers “in phase” (the plus/red terminal on each
speaker to the plus/red terminal on your amp)
• Try to use wires of equal length and gauge for symmetrical pairs of speakers
(don’t use a long 16 gauge wire for your Left Front and a short 10 gauge wire
for the Right Front)
• If you use stranded cables, use care to avoid short circuits (from stray strands touching)
• Emotiva offers very high quality pre-made speaker cables at reasonable prices
(you will find them in the Interconnects section of our website at www.emotiva.com)
Various types of common speaker connections (one channel shown)
Standard Speaker
Connection
Bi-Wired Speaker
Connection
Passive Bi-Amped Speaker
Connection
SPEAKER
AMPLIFIER
SPEAKER
AMPLIFIER
AMPLIFIER 2
AMPLIFIER 1
SPEAKER
Both amplifier inputs
are connected to the
same preamp output
signal
Bi-amp terminal
links CONNECTED
X-Ref Series terminal plate
(on rear panel) -
showing bi-amp terminal links
(REMOVE these links for
bi-wiring or bi-amping)
Bi-amp terminal
links REMOVED
Bi-amp terminal
links REMOVED