pappajon Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I bought a 65" LCD HDMI TV and want to put in surround sound. I bought Klipsch RC-35 center and Klipsch RVX-54 front speakers. I noticed there are 4 terminals on the back and they have a jumper on them. I was told for better sond to take the jumper off and run seperate wires to them. That is one question. I am not sure what rear speakers to buy and how would I know if they have 2 or 4 terminals on them. I was looking as RS-10 and RSX -5 rear speakers. What would you suggest for rears and do they have 2 or 4 terminals. I am in the process of a remodel and I need to run the rear wires now. I will also be needing a receiver and sub woofer.. any suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The 4 binder posts are to allow for "bi-wiring" i.e. running one set of wires to the HF section and another pair of wires to the LF section. If you do a search you will find lots of discussion on bi-wiring. Bottom line is that it is pretty much a marketing gimmick. One pair of wires to each speaker is sufficient. I mean, after all, how's the poor electron to know which wire to take - unless, of course, the wires have arrows on 'em. Here's a blog entry by a Klipsch engineer on the subject: http://forums.klipsch.com/blogs/andyw/archive/2007/08/31/bi-wiring.aspx By the way, welcome to the forum! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Mowry Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I am not sure what bi-wiring refers to, but I am familiar with bi-amping a speaker. I have a 7.1 Onkyo TX-SR706B receiver with 100 watts per channel. I have only two F-3s on my front side and a Synergy Sub-10. In accordance with Onkyo's manual, I wired the front channel speaker outputs to the woofer connectors on the speaker (the lower terminals) and then I take the unused amplification power from the surround back channels and wire them to the tweeters (the upper terminals). Then I set my receiver's speaker setup to indicate the fronts are bi-amped, and I easily noticed about a 5dB volume increase and pronounced clarity. That's my experience. Do I think it's a gimmick? Positively not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Bi-amping and bi-wiring are two very different things. Lots of discussions on both subjects. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ69 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'd be fine with a single pair of wires to the rear. If there is a sonic difference with bi-wire-ing, it's very, very small (unless you are over 100 feet and running small gauge wire). Thanx, Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 The 4 binder posts are to allow for "bi-wiring" i.e. running one set of wires to the HF section and another pair of wires to the LF section. If you do a search you will find lots of discussion on bi-wiring. Bottom line is that it is pretty much a marketing gimmick. One pair of wires to each speaker is sufficient. I mean, after all, how's the poor electron to know which wire to take - unless, of course, the wires have arrows on 'em. Here's a blog entry by a Klipsch engineer on the subject: http://forums.klipsch.com/blogs/andyw/archive/2007/08/31/bi-wiring.aspx By the way, welcome to the forum! James If it's a marketing gimmick, then why would Klipsch make their speakers with extra wire posts???[:^)] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyboy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I am not sure what bi-wiring refers to, but I am familiar with bi-amping a speaker. I have a 7.1 Onkyo TX-SR706B receiver with 100 watts per channel. I have only two F-3s on my front side and a Synergy Sub-10. In accordance with Onkyo's manual, I wired the front channel speaker outputs to the woofer connectors on the speaker (the lower terminals) and then I take the unused amplification power from the surround back channels and wire them to the tweeters (the upper terminals). Then I set my receiver's speaker setup to indicate the fronts are bi-amped, and I easily noticed about a 5dB volume increase and pronounced clarity. That's my experience. Do I think it's a gimmick? Positively not. I agree! [Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Mowry Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 My sincere apologies to you, James. I presumed that bi-wiring and bi-amping were different terms for the same schematic in speaker wiring. I didn't mean to invalidate your post and in hindsight, I realize I had inadvertently been rude towards you. Thank you for affording me the impetus to discover that a minor difference in terminology can indicate differing setups that are worlds apart. Kind regards, Norm Mowry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Norm: No harm, no foul. No offense taken. Welcome to the forum. Tommy: Read Andy's Blog. He answers your question. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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