Csi 40 hook-up

yale006

When u hook up the CSi40 which plug do u use?

Does it matter if u use the bottom or top ones?

What type of cable do you need to bi-wire it?

Is it worth bi-wiring it?

VR3

Dont matter, top or bottum.........

and Bi-wiring can be expensive, up to you. Try it

PolkThug

I recommend taking off the jumpers, and then bi-wire it.

Regards,
PolkThug

thehalo8

Just make sure if you want to bi-wire the speakers to take off the gold plate connector. With that on, you can hook your speaker with either the top or the bottom posts and get the same results. But if you bi-wire and leave on the connector it will damage your speaker and possibly your amp too.

Mike

amulford

Alot of folks bi-wire. It is a matter of preference, but pretty easy to do. You don't really need to have special wire, but they do make cable for it.

If you want to bi-wire, first remove the jumper. You can then take two runs of wire (if you don't have actual biwire) and connect them common to the source. Seperate and connect to the speaker and listen for the difference...;)

stevecramer2

Yes it is worth bi-wiring (to my ears!) and Polk Audio recommends it on many of their speaker systems.

All the above suggestions are good. If you're like me I had purchased some excellent 'wire' for my front/centers that just happen to be silver (good copper stuff with a nearly pure silver coating). It's suggested to use your best stuff (if using seperate wires) on the 'upper' binding post as it is a direct connect to the tweeter.

Some say silver is bright sounding but I find it nearly perfect. All men above 35 years have a natural high frequency roll off on their hearing business; I believe some of this loss is helped with 'silver' wire.

Can't really help with the aging problem (-:

SC2

Frank Z

...and Polk Audio recommends it on many of their speaker systems.

Uh? Where'd you read that?

All men above 35 years have a natural high frequency roll off on their hearing business;

Same question.

amulford

Say What????

dave shepard

Originally posted by thehalo8
But if you bi-wire and leave on the connector it will damage your speaker and possibly your amp too.

Mike

I never heard of that before. Refering to bi-amp? if so then yes, otherwise never heard of that happening.

Dave

wallstreet

Originally posted by Frank Z
Uh? Where'd you read that?


Same question.

Well if they didn't want you to be able to bi-wire or bi-amp, then why'd they put four posts? Actually, all of their manuals have a sentence on tweaking the most out of the speakers by bi-wiring or bi-amping. Check the pdf's on the Polk site. And on the hearing, I can't hear a damn thing when a 20hz tone is playing. I called all my kids in and some said they heard something and some said they didn't. The oldest one of the bunch is 8.

Frank Z

Wallstreet,
I've read the manuals and have seen the instructions on how to biwire/biamp. I'm just not familiar with any recommendations to bi-wire by Polk.

dave shepard

I belive it is more of a suggestion then a recomendation.

Dave

wallstreet

My manual says:
"Bi-amping allows you to use separate amplifiers for the high and low frequency sections of your loduspeaker to achieve greater dynamic range and lower distortion."

"Bi-wiring also separates the high and low frequency sections of your loudspeaker without the need for two amplifiers and can improve performance especially if long runs of speaker wire are needed."

I'd conclude that bi-amping is recommended and bi-wiring is a personal decision.

PolkWannabie

When thought about, bi-amping would appear to have some benefits as you are assumedly sending double the power to the speakers and all else being equal more power is better than less.

Bi-wiring on the other hand appears to be one of those lovely myths that allow wire manufacturers to sell more footage. If one wanted to have different/better jumpers than what are typically installed on speakers, then this too makes some semblance of sense although it's not likely to provide near as much gain as bi-amping.