RTi70 as small, need gold plate?

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CT2
CT2 Posts: 18
edited December 2003 in Speakers
Hi, all,

Now I get a seperate subwoofer, so center(CSi40) and front(RTi70) are set as small from receiver and receiver LFE out to sub through RCA cable.

My questions are:
For CSi40 and RTi70, I connect speaker cable to top binding posts, should I keep those golden plates connected or not?
If I remove them, will I waste a driver since bottom binding posts are disconnected?
If I keep them there, will it make any use of RTi70's woofer since receiver cross over should already filtered out low freq for these speakers?

What are your own preference, keep front/center small or large?

Thanks for any comment!

CT2
Mains: RTi70
Center: CSi40
Surrounds: FXi50
Rear Center: Not yet
Sub: STF-2
Receiver: HK AVR120/ Yamaha RX-V1400
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited December 2003
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    CT2 - If you are not Bi-Wiring, which is what it looks like, leave the plates installed. No you won't be "wasting" the woofers, they simply will be cut at a higher crossover point than the actual frequency rolloff in the specifications.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • CT2
    CT2 Posts: 18
    edited December 2003
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    Any idea what's the crossover freqency in RTi70 and CSi40?
    Mains: RTi70
    Center: CSi40
    Surrounds: FXi50
    Rear Center: Not yet
    Sub: STF-2
    Receiver: HK AVR120/ Yamaha RX-V1400
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  • ChrisDurano
    ChrisDurano Posts: 372
    edited December 2003
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    i think it depends on your receiver. Usually around 70 -90Hz.
    Home Speakers polkaudio RTi70's (bi-wired), CSi30, FX3000i, PSW250

    Car speakers polkaudio EX 369, DB 650
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