Help with math and science of tri-wiring?


Can anyone tell me if there are immutable laws of electrical engineering governing which taps to connect to bass/mid/high terminals? Speakers are 6 ohms nominal. Connect 4 ohm taps to bass & 8 ohm to mid/high or the other way around?
jsterritt

Showing 1 response by bobburda

I can't help you with the math or science, but I have tri-wireable speakers (Alon IV) and mono block ASL Hurricanes. The Canes have 3 output pots (4, 8, 16 ohm) and 1 negative pot per amp. I have bi-wired the mid and tweeter speaker posts to the 8 ohm pots and single wired the woofers to the 4 ohm pots. All negatives run to the negative pot on each amp.

In my system, there was a clearly audible improvement in the realism of the music. There was more body and dimension to the instruments as compared to the previous setup of tri-wiring from a single pot (I tried both 4 ohm and 8 ohm).

I would suggest that you try it and see if it helps your system. Of course YMMV.