Please Help! Complicated Speaker Setup Questions!

Posted by Dan Shin [IP: 63.11.58.2] on March 20, 1999 at 19:26:17
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Let me list the equipment that are in question:

Sony 50ES Receiver
Definitive Tech. BP2000TL L/R Mains

My speakers have 500watt active subwoofer in each of them and they also have "Full Range LOW Level" and "Optional LFE" input jacks each.

After reading the speaker manual, it states that I should Bi-Wire my speakers and use the "Full Range Low Level" inputs to obtain the best setup.

My receiver has the L/R main preouts, which I been told I should hookup to the "Full Range Low Level" input of the speakers and my receivers preout subwoofer to the "LFE" input of the main speaker. I do not have seperate subwoofer, only what's in the mains.

I have set my receiver's speaker setup to Large for Mains and also subwoofer to "On" since I'm using the optional "LFE" input per speaker manual.

I've obtained the bi-wire speakers and connected them with help of very helpfull people on the forum and currently trying to figure out how to hookup the "Full Range Low Level" and "LFE" inputs.

I don't care which brand I use as long as it gets the job done, so with that in mind, here are my question.

1) What is "Full Range LOW Level" input?
2) What type of cable is best suited for "Full Range Low Level" input, do I use subwoofer cables or is something like interlink 400MkII cables? Doesn't interlink 400MkII carry the High frequencies also? Is there a cable that is designed specifically for this input?
3) What do I loose by using interlink 400MkII for the "Full Range Low Level" and "LFE" inputs?

Of all the things in the HT, speakers setup seems to be the most complicated and most confusing. I just can't find any good online resource that covers the topic with much detail and specifics. Any help from the experts will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan

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• Please Help! Complicated Speaker Setup Questions! - Donald Bennett 20:30:21 03/21/99 (0)

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