leesaf
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BACKGROUND:
Hi all, first post. I have a simple question about hooking up newer speakers to an older receiver, but no amount of searching has turned up any answers (either my question is too obvious or I am searching the wrong things). But consistently I am seeing people in this forum with good answers to other questions, so I am hoping I can tap into the collective knowledge here.
I had a Pioneer VSX-D814 Receiver that I was using to power two RCA bookshelf speakers and a sub. It is primarily used for a turntable, but the other day I was running my computer audio through it and had the computer volume too low and the stereo up too high, something popped, smoke came out and I assume that is the end of the Pioneer, at least until I get it in for someone to look at.
In the interim, I have an old Fisher 160-T that I would love to hook up, but I cant figure out the connections.
ACTUAL QUESTION:
Each speaker has a + and - terminal, which has the end of a speaker wire in it. However, when I get to the back of the Fisher 160, I only see one terminal for each speaker. (See attached photo). Starting with just the right speaker, if I contact just one end of the speaker wire on the right speaker main terminal, nothing happens. Same if I twist the two ends together and put them both around the main. I get some sound if I hook the one around main and one around com, but it is very distorted, as if it is coming from under water. I also tried one end of the speaker wire around the left speaker main and one around the right speaker main, which made the same distorted sound plus sparks.
So I am at a loss. I think that I do not understand why the speaker has a + and a - terminal, is one a ground and do I need to do something else with it? This was very easy with the Pioneer when I had two 5-way connectors for each speaker, but if you roll me back to a machine from 1968 with much less going on in the back, I am less sure of what to do.
Any insight to what I am doing wrong would be appreciated, since this Fisher 160 really is a beauty and I would love to get it playing some music to see what it sounds like.
Thanks!
Hi all, first post. I have a simple question about hooking up newer speakers to an older receiver, but no amount of searching has turned up any answers (either my question is too obvious or I am searching the wrong things). But consistently I am seeing people in this forum with good answers to other questions, so I am hoping I can tap into the collective knowledge here.
I had a Pioneer VSX-D814 Receiver that I was using to power two RCA bookshelf speakers and a sub. It is primarily used for a turntable, but the other day I was running my computer audio through it and had the computer volume too low and the stereo up too high, something popped, smoke came out and I assume that is the end of the Pioneer, at least until I get it in for someone to look at.
In the interim, I have an old Fisher 160-T that I would love to hook up, but I cant figure out the connections.
ACTUAL QUESTION:
Each speaker has a + and - terminal, which has the end of a speaker wire in it. However, when I get to the back of the Fisher 160, I only see one terminal for each speaker. (See attached photo). Starting with just the right speaker, if I contact just one end of the speaker wire on the right speaker main terminal, nothing happens. Same if I twist the two ends together and put them both around the main. I get some sound if I hook the one around main and one around com, but it is very distorted, as if it is coming from under water. I also tried one end of the speaker wire around the left speaker main and one around the right speaker main, which made the same distorted sound plus sparks.
So I am at a loss. I think that I do not understand why the speaker has a + and a - terminal, is one a ground and do I need to do something else with it? This was very easy with the Pioneer when I had two 5-way connectors for each speaker, but if you roll me back to a machine from 1968 with much less going on in the back, I am less sure of what to do.
Any insight to what I am doing wrong would be appreciated, since this Fisher 160 really is a beauty and I would love to get it playing some music to see what it sounds like.
Thanks!
