Operating, Connecting The Speakers To The Hi-fi System

The cable must be bipolar. The positive and negative pole should be marked in to avoid inverted polarity. The height of the cable depends on the place where they are going to install the ELAC system. Trim the cable, so there is 20-35% excess cable. The area of the cable determines the cross-section of the cable. With a height of 5 m per loudspeaker, a copper-lead cross-section should be at least 2 qmm². With a length of 9 m, the smallest cross-section should be 4 qmm², etc. Under these situations, the ohms resistance remains practically constant and negligible. To reduce the cable’s inductive behaviour.

• They presume that the electric components of a hi-fi system are entirely mounted and connected. Please switch off all features.
• Place the two speakers on the floor, next to each other; each baffle placed next to each other.
• Now put the speaker cables to the output terminals of the amplifier. Twist the cable ends to create a large area of contact. Please ensure that the left amplifier connection is connected to the left speaker (left to left/right to right).
• It is essential to match the polarity of both types of equipment. The positive side of the amplifier outputs must be linked to the speaker’s inputs.
• The ELAC system is now ready to work. The volume control of the amplifier should be turned to less than ¼. Before switching on the amplifier, switch on all other units of the hi-fi system.

Connecting the speakers to a stereo system

switch off the system to perform the following test: inverting the polarization of the speaker. Listen to a particular piece of music again. The tonal response should provide low bass. This effect can be heard if the mono/stereo button on the system is switched on. Therefore, please try the mono mode. Do not forget to turn back to stereo mode again after a while. If there is a massive effect of the one described above, there is an error regarding the polarization. This could come from the loudspeaker cables at the amplifier or the loudspeakers. Therefore, check the polarization of your loudspeaker. You can do this utilizing a torch battery. Connect the battery’s positive side to the speaker’s red terminal and connect the negative pole to the black terminal. The woofer diaphragm should move forward now. If you cannot eliminate the polarization error, replace the complimentary bar of one speaker cable with a negative bar. This way, the entire system should be polarized correctly.

Now check the connection between the two channels. While listening to the test program, turn your amplifier’s balance control to the right and left sides. As a result, either the left or the right system is responding. If this is not the issue, there is an error in the speakers’ connection with the amplifier terminals.

Utilizing test records or test CD’s, you can manage the connections at your amplifier. If the results of all tests are okay, the relationship of the speakers is doing correctly.

Define the place in your place where you would like to install your loudspeakers. Please switch off all, disconnect the system and route the cables in a way to avoid tripping.

After connecting the speakers, the hi-fi system is ready to operate.  The last step shall help to optimize the location of the loudspeakers.