Bi-Wiring Config for RB-1080

[boss]

After owning it for 2 years I by chance noticed today ops: that my RB-1080 has 4 sets of speaker binding posts on it back panel. It is different from what shows on the Owner's Manual.

Does it mean I can do bi-wiring?

Very strange inndeed!

[mjb]

yes! I believe Rotel updated the rear panel 2 years ago (?) to support bi-wiring.

[boss]

Wonderful

I can tell me wife that my single-wired speakers are no longer compatible!! 8)

[boss]

Mike

If I run single wiring config (because my speakers are for single wiring only), should I bridge the binding posts on the amp side?

Thanks.

[GregLett]

Mike

If I run single wiring config (because my speakers are for single wiring only), should I bridge the binding posts on the amp side?

Thanks.

There is no need to do that.

[boss]

Thanks. I thought 2 were better than 1. ops:

[soundhound]

:boobies:
Only some things......................

[GregLett]

Wonderful

I can tell me wife that my single-wired speakers are no longer compatible!! 8)

Yep.. mus have new speakers...must have new speakers.
What do you have now?

[boss]

GregLett

JBL L112 - 22 years of solid, honest performance - still alive and kicking.

[Russ L]

JBL L112 - 22 years of solid, honest performance - still alive and kicking.

My first speakers when I was a teenager 30+ yrs ago were JBL L100s...$700CAN/ pair. I wonder how much that would be in todays dollars? Hand made and solid wood. My neighbours didn't like them :B -Russ

[boss]

Russ, can you fill in the blanks please? I do not have the data because I am not living in North America:

(A) 1970's, minimum wage = CAN$ X per hour, Pair of JBL L100s equivalent of man-hours worked = 700 / X = Y hours

(B) 2006, minimum wage = CAN$ Z per hours times Y hours = purchase price of L100s today.

[Russ L]

Boss- According to the CPI or Consumer Price Index, the Canadian dollar in 2005 will purchase only 1/4 of what the dollar would purchase in 1975. So with the $700 I spent on my JBL L100s in 1975 I could purchase speakers worth $2800 in today's dollars. -Russ

[boss]

Russ

Only $2,800? That won't go too far today. A a pair of speaker cables perhaps?

[Russ L]

You got that right.