evilfrito Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Hey everybody! I was just wondering if I am connecting my speaker wire to my heresy speakers correctly. There are NO indications on the speaker box of which input is + or -, and I am not 100% sure which setup is correct. I am currently hooking up the + wire to the right input on the heresy, when facing the BACK of the speaker. I wasn't sure if all speakers were the same regarding this issue or not. Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 Welcome to the Forum. It sounds like you have them connected properly. The right side is positive, the left is negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 The important thing is to make sure that they are both connect the *SAME* way, that is, positive to right and negative to left on both speakers. Or vice versa. Whether that is the "correct" polarity or not is not an answerable question. You amp or preamp may invert the signal. The recording engineer might have inverted the signal at some point during editing, assuming we started with everything in the same polarity to begin with (all the mics and consoles). If it was a multimiked recording, there's a good chance that the various tracks are every which way. If it was recorded directly out of some electronic instrument (signal directly into mixing board) the definition of "correct polarity" is somewhat arbitrary. You can always try switching back and forth (on BOTH speakers or amp connections) and see if different albums sound better one way around than the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfrito Posted March 30, 2004 Author Share Posted March 30, 2004 Excellent- thanks for the help guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I have even had amps which were not correctly phased! The best bass thing doesn't work all the time depending on the distance between speakers either. Here is what I do every time I move a wire*: Play a CD or LP with a central instrument and sit at the sweat spot. Do you hear the central image up in the air? Do you hear that there are two speakers? If the image is in the air your speakers are phased properly if you hear two speakers, switch the wires and listen again. Even if you just have a sense that "something isn't right" but can't pinpoint it, it doesn't hurt to swap the wires on one channel. You never know. Rick * I know me, I mess up the phasing as many times as I'm right. "let's see white is hot, white is not?" "I think I can see the printing on this one, Darn where are my glasses, yea that's the printing." " It doesn't sound right....What did I f#$% up now?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mobley Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 My 77 Heresys have the positive on the right, looking at them from the back. If you clean the top of the little terminal strip you might be able see that the one on the right has red paint daubed on it. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocket Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 I'll offer this polarity test which can deternine if the speaker is or is not incorrectly wired from the factory (I told it happens). I'm told car audio installers use it when questioning aftermarket speakers. Be advised, I don't know if it is totaly safe to do (maybe someone can confirm). Connect a tired 9 volt transistor battery for an instant to the positive and nagitive terminals of the speaker. If the speaker is correctly wired (labled), the speaker cone will move away from the speaker frame. RB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 RB, That's tough to do on a horn. There is a device called a "Popper" that pro's use to phase horns. But later Heresy's squakers were wired in out of phase on purpose to even out frequency response. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 ---------------- On 3/30/2004 7:41:02 PM sprocket wrote: I'll offer this polarity test which can deternine if the speaker is or is not incorrectly wired from the factory (I told it happens). I'm told car audio installers use it when questioning aftermarket speakers. Be advised, I don't know if it is totaly safe to do (maybe someone can confirm). Connect a tired 9 volt transistor battery for an instant to the positive and nagitive terminals of the speaker. If the speaker is correctly wired (labled), the speaker cone will move away from the speaker frame. RB ---------------- Best to stick with a 1.5V battery like AA or AAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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