Infiniti OMEGA 9301297-001 - Manual (Page 5)

Omega – Owner’s Manual ◆ 5
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Always turn off the power of your entire system before making connections to
your speaker. Connect each speaker to your amplifier’s output terminals using
the best wire you can obtain. The choice of speaker connecting wire is
extremely important, especially when using speakers as sonically revealing as
Infinity Omega. If inferior wire is used, sonic quality will suffer and the degra-
dation of sound will be readily audible. For best results, do not use wire that is
thinner than 16 gauge. NOTE: the lower the gauge number (16, 14, 12, etc.),
the heavier the wire. Although gauge alone does not reveal the ultimate sonic
quality of wire, it represents a good starting point, especially if you are not
using a name-brand speaker connecting cable. Consult your dealer if you are
not certain which type of wire will make your Infinity speaker sound best.
When using regular lamp cord, look for ridges or different colored insulation
to differentiate polarity. If there is a ridge on the outer insulation, use the ridge
for positive (+) and the wire without the ridge for negative (-). If the insulation
wrapped around one wire is red, use it for positive. Use white (or whatever the
other color may be) for negative. (See figure 1.)
It is important to connect your speakers in phase (which means that all indi-
vidual drivers are moving in and out in the same direction and at the same
time) in order to obtain the best localization of instruments and voice as well
as the deepest, most natural bass. If a speaker is out of phase, the drivers in
one channel will move in while the other channel will move out. This condi-
tion invariably results in sonic problems and must be avoided.
DIFFERENT COLOR
CONDUCTORS
RIDGE, STRIPE OR
PRINTING, ONE LEAD
ROUGH OR COLORED
INSULATION, ONE LEAD
L.F.
OMEGA
EMIM
EMIT
+
flat
-
-
flat
NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, USA
– +
– +
GOLD-PLATED
SHORTING STRAP
Figure 1.
Some examples of polarity coding on
speaker cables.