bi-amping or bi-wiring rti10s

magellings

Hi all,

I purchased a denon 3808ci and have rti10 fronts. It does not say in the manual the 2808ci supports bi-wiring...can I still do it? In the denon 4308ci manual, it does show how to setup a speaker for bi-wiring with a diagram, it does not show a diagram to do it with the 3808ci. To bi-wire the 4308ci the manual says to run one cable from the surround backs and one from the front l/r terminal.The 4308 has a special amp assign selection of bi-wire in which you can tell it you have your fronts bi-wired.

It also says that you do it the same way for bi-amping in both the 4308ci and 3808ci manuals, but again the 3808ci manual does not include a diagram for bi-wiring and does not have the amp assign setting of bi-wire like the 4308ci does. Both avrs do have a amp assign setting of bi-amp.

I'd like to at least bi-amp the 3808ci, but it doesn't say in either manual which cable goes to which speaker terminals. Does the surround back cable go to the top or bottom terminals on the rti10? And based on that, does the front l/r cables go to the opposite terminals?

Thanks

magellings

Correction on the above...

It does not say in the manual the 2808ci supports bi-wiring
should be

It does not say in the manual the 3808ci supports bi-wiring

dkg999

I would run one speaker cable to your RTi10's, and possibly replace the metal jumpers with a good piece of speaker cable. IMHO bi-wiring, bi-amping with your reciever is wasted efforts. Get those RTi10's hooked up and start listening and enjoying.