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Help, I do not want to make an Ayre, What the heck?

Hi Everyone, Please help me understand my new balanced integrated Ayre-AX7e integrated amp.  I'm scared to hook it up wrong and I can't wait any longer, I need to hear this thing.  So before I connect anything, can someone please tell me what the heck this part of the owners manual is saying about the speakers outputs:

"The Ayre AX-7e drives the loudspeakers with balanced outputs. Since none of the output terminals are grounded, connecting any of them to ground may result in damage to the amplifier. Do not connect the loudspeaker outputs to any speaker switch-box, accessory, or test equipment that has a common ground connection"
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dill
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Just connect your speaker cables from the + & - binding posts of the amp to the + & - binding posts of the speakers. You are not using a speaker switch-box in that configuration so you can ignore those instructions. 
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johnwahl OP
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Thank you!  So it hooks up like any other integrated amp?  I thought maybe it was different being a "balanced" amp and I had to do something special.  Appreciate it
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russ69
3,360 posts
 
They have unusual speaker connections, just hook your speakers up as normal practice and you will be fine. I think the warning is about bridging the amp ( connecting both channels in common). 
geof3
1,127 posts
 
It is actually more about hooking up a hi-level sub connection such as REL etc. have. A truly balanced design is also called a differential design. Not all xlr input amps are truly differential. Doesn’t really matter overall, just hook it up (speakers) as others have said and go. 
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