RPXXD Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 On the Klipsch RF-7 II, there are two sets of black/red speaker terminals. I was curious why that is and which row is better to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshjp Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I heard that the top row "HF", is better, but im not really sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Neither is better than the other. They give you the option for bi- wiring/ bi-amping your speakers. The speaker should come with a gold metal bridge/strap. When the bridge/strap is in place, you can use either the top or bottom post to connect you speakers. Do not remove the metal strap or your speaker may not work properly. It is recommended to connect your speaker to the top post. The top post are used for HF driver and the lower post for the LF driver when bi-amping the speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moray james Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 simple to answer your question connect to each set and listen. I would guess that you will prefer one set over the other. don't want to give you a bias but which do you think will result in greater clairity? Best regards Moray James. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Owners manual says top row, so that's what I went with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 YOU MUST HAVE THE BRIDGE STRAP iN PLACE, this puts both input jacks in parallel so it doens't make a bit of difference which ones you use. There is no listening test, no manual. Just use one red and one black. That's it. After 5,000 calls on this to customer service, you'd think someone would take the time to make it painfully clear in the 'manuals', I haven't seen one lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 ^^^It's actually quite clear in the manual. It says top row, but you are right, it shouldn't matter either way... But if you bi-amp, does that just mean you are pushing more power to the whole speaker? I thought the point of bi-amping was to separate the power so lows and highs gets it's own power, but that's not really possible with the bridge strap...eh, I suppose I just answered my own question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacea Engineering Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Michael, Unfortunatly, the Manual assumes that the speaker purchaser has some semblence of knowledge, on how a speaker system operates. Very simple, if you Bi-Amp/Bi-Wire: You remove the Bridge, one amp or set of wires (Bi-Wiring) is terminated on the Upper Terminals (HF = High Frequency = Mid Range and tweeter) - The other amp or set of speaker wires are terminated on the lower set of terminals (LF = Low frequency = Woofer). If you are NOT Bi-Amping or Bi-Wiring the Bridge/Straps must be in place for the speaker to operate properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Bi-amping does involve two separate power sources for the speaker. One of the real advantages of Bi-amping is the signal is not altered before it get's to the speaker. Theorectically there will be less chance of clipping/distrosion and more headroom in the amp. This is an overly simplified comments that get into a topic of active vs passive X-O and other aspect of the audio chain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanhurd Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Ah ok, removing the post makes sense. I didn't read that far in the manual since I wasn't bi-amping =^P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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