I picked up a free receiver at a yard sale the other day.

It's been several decades since I have used speaker wire.

Does one just insert the speaker lead into the back "switches" and that's how to get sound out?

You stick a wire into the hole of the connector when it's vertical, and then twist the connector clockwise to lock the wire in place.

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You stick a wire into the hole of the connector when it's vertical, and then twist the connector clockwise to lock the wire in place.

Yep, this.

Be sure to strip the wire first, before inserting.

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When each end are stripped then one in orange and one in black or both in orange? TIA

Make sure that you connect the speakers "in phase". Negative on the receiver to negative on the speaker, positive to positive. Otherwise the imaging will be messed up and you will reduce the bass response due to acoustic cancellation effects.

One in orange and one in black for each speaker

Match the colors. The same color goes in the positive and the other color goes in the negative. If the wires are one color like lamp cord, matched the ribbed wires and match the plain wires. Same thing at the speaker connectors.



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Be sure to 'unscrew' the connector so that there's room to insert the naked wire.

wow, that's an early '80s model!
You should only strip the wires back about 0.5" then twist & insert.
And, if you are using the Main and Remote speakers, they must be a minimum
resistance of 8 ohms each.

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Does one just insert the speaker lead into the back "switches" and that's how to get sound out?

Exactly.

As rg says, strip the wire, start at about 3/8".

As also mentiond what ever color the wires you use, like colors to like binding posts.

I use zip-cord/lamp cord for my speakers, heavier gauge for longer runs. For short lengths I start 18ga.

The 'phase' refers to the speaker cones moving in the same direction at the same time. Out of phase means one speaker cone is moving out compressing air while the other is moving in relieving air pressure, resulting in reduced bass and weak imaging.

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I have used many kinds of wire for audio.

For Home Audio a good spool of Lamp cord can't be beat. It lays out nice, takes a lot of abuse, and comes in the correct gauges. A touch of solder on the ends and rock-n-roll.

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your speaks will never forgive you without a set of these.

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your speaks will never forgive you without a set of these.

low capacity, superconductor, graphene, organic, free range, gluten free, with intergalactic black hole insulation.
makes Billlie Eyelash palatable.

the difference is night and day .... for the manufacturer.

starting at $12000.

They look Monster look reasonable.

They look Monster look reasonable.

And like Monster, they even give you an —> to make sure you don't connect them backwards.

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all who would be called good
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You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

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An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

I think Lirpa Labs sells four pairs of miniature wormholes so you can directly connect the receiver outputs to the speaker terminals.

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