Connecting Your Speakers - dali KORE Manual

5. Connecting your speakers

Each DALI KORE speaker is fi ‫ ﬙‬ed The specifi cation and ‫ ﬚‬pe of
with two pairs of binding post speaker cables you use to connect
terminals on the connection panel your DALI KORE speakers can
located on the rear face of the infl uence their audio performance.
plinth. The upper pair of terminals For best results, use high quali‫﬚‬
connects to the Balanced Drive cable with a minimum conductor
SMC midrange and EVO-K Hybrid cross-sectional area of 2.0 mm
Tweeter module, while the lower Each speaker cable should be of
terminal pair connects to the similar length and less than 20
Balanced Drive SMC bass drivers. metres long. Your DALI KORE
retailer will be happy to off er advice
Included in the Accessory Kit are
on the best speaker cable for your
four Terminal Jumpers, which can
setup.
be used to connect the upper and
lower pairs of binding posts, so that When connecting your DALI KORE
only a single twin-core speaker speakers to an amplifi er, begin by
cable is required to connect each connecting the speaker cables to
speaker to a single power amplifi er. the speaker terminals. Ensure that
If the terminal jumpers are the cable wires marked "positive" or
removed, two twin-core speaker coloured red are connected to the
cables will be needed, sharing the positive (red) speaker terminals,
output from a single power amplifi er and "negative" or black cable wires
in a "bi-wire" format. are connected to the negative
(black) speaker terminals.
Diagram 2 shows single-wire,
bi-wire and bi-amp connection The DALI KORE connection
formats. terminals can accommodate
stripped cables, 4 mm plugs or
cable spades.
Here's how to connect each ‫ ﬚‬pe:
•
Stripped cables: Unscrew the
speaker terminals fully. Twist
the stripped cable strands
together, ensuring there are no
stray strands, and insert the
When bi-wiring or bi-
cable into the holes through the
amping, ALWAYS remove
terminal posts. Finally, tighten the
the terminal jumpers
terminals down onto the stripped
between the terminals
cable securely. We recommend
before connecting the
checking the terminals for
speaker cables.
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tightness soon aſt er you fi rst
tighten them and periodically
thereaſt er.
•
4 mm plugs: Insert the plugs
directly into the end of the
speaker terminals. The terminals
2 .
tighten around the plug to
strengthen the connection
and minimise the chance of
mechanical buzzing.
•
Cable spades: Fully unscrew the
speaker terminals and position
each cable spade arm either
side of a terminal post. Secure
the cable spades by tightening
the terminals. We recommend
checking the terminals for
tightness soon aſt er you fi rst
tighten them and periodically
thereaſt er.
With cables connected to your
DALI KORE speakers, they can
now be connected to the amplifi er's
output terminals. Ensure the
amplifi er is switched OFF before
you make any connections.
Connect the cables from the leſt
speaker to the amplifi er's leſt
channel output terminals, and the
cables from the right speaker
to the amplifi er's right channel
output terminals. Ensure that the
cable wires marked "positive" or
coloured red are connected to the
positive amplifi er output terminals,
and wires marked "negative" or
coloured black are connected
to the negative amplifi er output
terminals.
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Diagram 2: Connecting your speakers
Single-wire
Right loudspeaker Le loudspeaker
R Amplifi er L
Bi-wire
Right loudspeaker Le loudspeaker
R Amplifi er L
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4 × terminal
jumpers are
included in the
Accessory Kit.
Bi-amp
Right loudspeaker Le loudspeaker
R HF Amplifi er L
R LF Amplifi er L
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