Newbie wiring question-RTi6

audiorook
audiorook Posts: 2
edited January 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I just bought a new pair of RTi6s and hooked them up to my old Rotel receiver using a single wire hookup with bare wire to the bottom speaker terminal. I just played a CD and it sounds like the tweeter is not even playing, like the sound is underwater. Pretty bad sound. Should I hookup the receiver to the top speaker terminal instead? What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions? (I like to play crunching metal and some classical from time to time).
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  • litlred515
    litlred515 Posts: 35
    edited January 2009
    do you have the gold connector between the two terminals? if not you're either putting power to the tweeters only or the woofers only depending which terminals you connect to.
    Receiver: Marantz SR6001(for sale)
    Fronts: RTi70's black(for sale)
    Center: CSi40 black(for sale)
    Rears: FXi50 black (sold)
    Sub: PSW350 (gone)
    TV: Samsung 32" LCD
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  • Pablo
    Pablo Posts: 723
    edited January 2009
    Ditto on making sure there's a tight connection. I had the exact same problem when I first hooked up mine (even called polk about it).
    Denon AVR-3803
    RTi-70 Fronts
    FXi-30 Surrounds
    RTi-38 Back Surrounds
    Csi-40 Center
    PSW350 Sub
    Panasonic PT-56WXF95 HDTVSamsung un60JS8000 SUHD
    Denon DVD-2910
    Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, PS4, xbox360, Wii, WiiU, n64
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,071
    edited January 2009
    So, your mids and bass are ok ?
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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
    edited January 2009
    There are jumpers which tie the two right channel connectors together, as well as tying the two left channel connectors together at the rear of the speaker cabinet. One set of binding posts is for the woofer, and one set is for the tweeter. If the metal jumper is loose or has shifted out fom underneath the "five way" post, you will lose the tweeter, since your speaker cable is not making connection. Check the jumpers, readjust, ad give them a try. Good luck.
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  • audiorook
    audiorook Posts: 2
    edited January 2009
    Thanks for the help. I will check the connections when I get home today. So does it really matter which terminal (top or bottom) I connect my receiver to as long as the connector is in place securely?
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,071
    edited January 2009
    On the speaker it doesn't matter as long as the jumpers are in place. Also be sure you didn't cross polarities...
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  • vonnie123
    vonnie123 Posts: 326
    edited January 2009
    audiorook wrote: »
    Thanks for the help. I will check the connections when I get home today. So does it really matter which terminal (top or bottom) I connect my receiver to as long as the connector is in place securely?


    No difference, top or bottom.....let us know how it works out.
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