This will probably be a simple quesiton for many so feel free to flame away as long as I can get an answer. I just got a new receiver and speakers so I'm hooking them up with some old Monster XP speaker wire I have. I no longer have the paperwork that came with the speaker wire and I can't remember if the wire with the writing on it is the positive or negative wire. I can't seem to find any directional arrows on it either. Any help would be appreciated.

8/24/2006 8:23:49 PM

white/red/non-stripe is positive

black/stripe is negative

it will work either way.. though I dont know if thats bad for speakers


[Edited on August 24, 2006 at 8:25 PM. Reason : ]

8/24/2006 8:24:57 PM

yeah, it will work either way but if you wire it backwards the speakers will be out of phase, which you probably won't be able to tell. I just wanted to get it right. Its usually pretty simple but both wires were white in this case. Thanks for the help though.

8/24/2006 8:28:20 PM

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8/24/2006 8:32:27 PM

somebody get this kid a crash helmet

8/27/2006 12:27:00 AM

haha hahaha hahah

8/27/2006 12:30:48 AM

I was half hoping he was an ECE student. I really needed a good laugh

8/27/2006 1:06:49 AM

either side can be the grounding (black) as long as it's the same on both ends... for my system i used white writing as ground.

just be consistent.

8/27/2006 2:58:20 AM

er, if you can't tell that something is dreadfully wrong when one or more of your speakers is 180 out of phase, something may be wrong with your hearing

8/27/2006 10:52:41 AM

Yeah, all you need to do is wire all the speakers the same way. It really doesn't matter if you wire them "backwards" if you do them all that way.

8/27/2006 11:25:17 AM

There is no - or + when wiring speakers, only + and ground. And it doesn't matter what's printed on the wiring...copper is copper (or whatever yours are made of).

8/28/2006 12:52:40 AM

Seriously, I was surprised this thread happened once.

Twice in the same week? Damn, people.

8/28/2006 1:34:38 AM