VIDEO: For speaker cables plus and minus

Connecting loudspeakers correctly is actually not particularly difficult, and it is not possible to make any major mistakes. But if you know what to look out for, it can be done quickly and correctly. To do this, you need to correctly connect the speaker cables with plus and minus.

Here's what you need to know about the pluses and minuses of speakers

• Loudspeakers are operated via an alternating voltage, which causes the membrane to vibrate, so incorrect connection is not harmful to the loudspeaker.
• If two boxes are connected differently, one is out of phase with the other, which means that The superposition of the sound waves from both loudspeakers can lead to phase cancellation, which has an audible effect can.
• In addition to a plus sign, the plus pole is usually marked in red. Accordingly, the speaker cable is usually also marked in red.

Here's how to properly connect the speakers with the speaker cords

1. When wiring electrical devices, they should always be disconnected from the power supply, so first pull the plug from the amplifier. In this way you also avoid a sudden voltage being applied to the loudspeaker, which might damage the membrane could be affected, you will at least be frightened by the sudden popping noise could.
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2. Now connect the marked positive pole of the amplifier with the positive pole of the loudspeaker, use the one marked (red) for this cable. Do the same with minus, but use the different colored cable.
3. Connect the second loudspeaker in exactly the same way.
4. Now turn the amplifier back on and test the speakers with the first one music.

You can see that it is not difficult at all to correctly connect the speaker cables with plus and minus.