need help

hgripper
hgripper Posts: 2
edited February 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I am thinking of buying tsi 200s for fronts. I have an onkyo706 receiver which has bi amp capabilities in 5.1; do I biamp the tsi 200s and run lfe to sub or run left and right front to sub then sub to tsi 200s?? I have a psw505 for sub and rti38s for surround. Thanks for your help
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited February 2009
    Hi gripper.

    LFE out to sub.

    Surr Left and Surr Rear Left out to left speaker.

    Surr Right and Surr Rear Right out to right speaker.

    Don't forget to remove the jumper that connects the speakers' binding posts.

    Do not expext much improvemnnt, if any. This is more akin to bi-wiring than true bi-amping. I tried this with my Onk 805 and Polk M50s and it did nada. You might have a better result.

    Let us know what happens.
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  • Mike21
    Mike21 Posts: 252
    edited February 2009
    Correction:o

    Front and Rear Surr out to front L&R; not Surr. (side)
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    Home Theater 32"LG LCD; Comcast; 7.1 Onkyo 805; Fronts: Polk M50s; Center: Polk CS2; Sides: Polk M40s; Rear: B&W LM1s; Subs: (2) Sony 12" x 100w; Samsung 1500BDP; Toshiba A-2 HD-DVDP.
    PC stereo: Viper custom PC: Windows XP; ASIO4ALL; JRiver Jukebox> Pop Pulse USB to S/PDIF conv> Monarchy DIP > Musiland MD10 DAC > Parasound 2100 pre> Aragon 4004 MKII amp> Dali Ikon6 towers; Sunfire True Sub; PSA Duet, Ultimate outlet and Noise Harvestors.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited February 2009
    To clarify it even further...

    Connect the front right channel to the top binding posts(mid/tweeter) on the right speaker, and connect the surround/back right channel to the bottom binding posts(woofer).

    Same for the left channel.


    Most people have reported next to no differences when bi-wiring with an AVR. Some people claim slight improvements, but the majority have reported absolutely no difference in SQ. Give it a shot if you have the extra cables to do it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited February 2009
    Welcome to Club Polk gripper.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited February 2009
    +1 on the no bi-amping/bi-wiring, I doubt you would even notice a difference at all. If you wanted more power to the speakers it would be best to add an external amp, the 200's can handle about 150W per channel so you would be able to give them a boost with an externaol amp if you wanted to that bad.
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