General Information About Connecting Your Magnat Symbol X Loudspeakers

Please always use good quality loudspeaker connection cable from an audio dealer. To prevent impairment of sound quality we recommend cables with cross-sections of at least 1.5 mm², better 2.5 mm² for lengths up to 3 m and at least 2.5 mm² or 4 mm² for longer lengths.

Always turn off the amplifier or receiver before connecting or disconnecting loudspeaker cables. Place the loudspeakers in their planned positions and cut the cables to the right length (see Positioning Your Magnat Symbol X loudspeakers above). The cables for both channels should always be exactly the same length.

Strip 10 – 15 mm of insulation from the ends of the cables. Twist the ends – this is much better than tinning them with solder – insert them in the terminals and tighten the terminal screws firmly.

IMPORTANT: For good sound the cables must be connected so that the speakers are “in phase”. This means that the black negative terminals on the speakers (-) must be connected to the negative (-) terminals on the amplifier, the positive (+) speaker terminals to the positive (+) amplifier terminals. To make this easier one wire of most speaker cables is marked with a colored strip or a ridge in the
insulation.

Before switching on the system double-check all your connections and make sure that the terminal screws are tight and that there are no short circuits caused by stray wire filaments – this could cause serious damage to your amplifier!