Stupid question

In hooking up my speaker wire from amp to speaker is the red positive or negative? Thanks!

bobheinatz05-08-2011 2:00am

grimace Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 624 posts 05-18-2011 at 09:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If it starts smoking you have it backwards, or there may be some other problem.
wolf_garcia Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,628 posts 05-20-2011 at 05:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Try it. Any one speaker guitar or bass amp...hook it up backwards and it sounds bad. Period.
achilles Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 135 posts 05-20-2011 at 05:27pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I believe you, Wolf_garcia. I've heard it myself in my friend's miswired mid-fi stereo. (He heard it too.) I'm just at a loss to explain why it matters. BTW, I'll see if I can run your experiment on my bass amp this weekend.
sebrof Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 834 posts 05-20-2011 at 07:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Can't speak to bass amps. I'm talking stereo speakers.
wolf_garcia Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,628 posts 05-22-2011 at 04:17am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Stereo speakers if hooked up backwards will sound a little weird and the bass will suffer a lot...does it matter? Well...weird is weird, accurate is accurate.