Connecting to the speaker outlets is the recommended method, but be careful.
With balanced amplifiers Rel recommends a different way of connecting subs, so do some research or there might be "issues".
REL speakon connection to amp vs speakers
I will be connecting 2 T/9x's to my system (B&W 805 D4) driven by a NAD M33. I am wondering if there is any audible difference between connecting them to the amp or to the speakers directly and am guessing somebody here has tried it.
I only use the system for music and I listen relatively quietly, the "room" is 16 by 16 but open concept so the total space is 16 by 50.
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"@tony1954 for balanced amps you just need to "float" (not use) the ground for the supplied speakon cables. The "issue" is 60Hz hum. Doesn't apply to either RCA inputs." I am not sure you are correct with this. Below is the response I received from Rel regarding hookup to my MF integrated. "Your Musical Fidelity M6si is a balanced differential amplifier, if you're hooking up a pair of T/7i's, don't hook it up to the negative speaker terminal with our SpeakOn cable. Instead hook it up to the phono ground terminal and twist the red & yellow wires together and wire into the positive on each channel. |
"@tony1954 for balanced amps you just need to "float" (not use) the ground for the supplied speakon cables. The "issue" is 60Hz hum. Doesn't apply to either RCA inputs." The issue is not hum. The issue is that with balanced amplifiers BOTH speaker terminals are HOT. Unlike typical amplifiers, where the red terminal is hot and the black terminal is the ground, both terminals are hot with the negative being 180 degrees out of phase with the positive terminal. If you hook up to both terminals you are actually shorting the circuit. "Floating the ground does nothing. |