Yet Another Bi-Wiring question - A Simple one Though

[Menasce]

Hi All,

I have a Rotel RMB 1075 power amp powering my HT. My mains and centre are connected with ordinary 12 AWG speaker wire and banana plugs at both ends. If I try to bi-wire, what is the best way to connect the second wire to the binding posts on the amp? Are spade connectors a viable choice in this scenario? Obviously, stuffing a second 12 AWG into the existing banana plug at the amp end won't work due to lack of space. I don't want to purchase any specialized wires (from Cat Cables or Better Cables, for instance) because I have a spool of 12 AWG left over from a recent install I did for a client.

I hope my question is clear enough. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I don't want to risk blowing up my amp after all.

thanks to all.

[Aussie Geoff]

A lug and a bananna plug will work just fine!

Peter,

Your lug and banana plug idea will work perfectly. Basically the aim is to make sure that both cables have a good contact directly with the amplifiers output terminals - positive to positive, negative to negative. Any way you can connect both cables to the same terminal is good. I've also use 2 bare wires twisted together if the hole is big enough.

Remember at the speaker end, the cables need to be separate and you need to disconnect the short bridging wire / piece of metal between the two positive and two negative connectors. Naturally it is positive to positive and negative to negative.

Enjoy.

Geoff

[Menasce]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the quick response and for the reminder for the speaker end. Now it's off to the Hi-Fi shop to pick up some spade lugs!

thanks again...!

[Bam!]

Wow look at that another Montrealer!!!

[Menasce]

Hell Yeah Bam!!

Writing from beautiful and peaceful Ste-Anne de Bellevue!!

[aud19]

Except Menasce is cooler because of that awesome avatar :T

Sorry Bam :

Jason

[Menasce]

Thanx for the kind words...! Now please all, join me in mourning for our glorious Canadiens who went down to defeat last week in the NHL play-offs