ONKYO Speaker connection - AVR AV Home Cinema Receiver - Bi-Wire Bi-Amp

[LetsPlay360andPC]

Really noob question ... but please ansswer

if you single run 2 speakers at 8 ohms each would the amp see this as 8 ohms or 16??? thankyou someone please answer !! :)

[OnkyoEU]

@LetsPlay360andPC Hi, there is no fortunately no need to 'calculate' anything - if your speakers have 8 ohms, just set the AVR to 8 ohms speakers, too.

[LetsPlay360andPC]

@OnkyoEU OK thankyou im sorry im a noob but i am getting my first system with onkyo amp :)

[XxKYFERxX]

This is a brilliant and simple video. I have got A+B selectors for the main front speakers on my receiver. Can i connect my B&W speakers mid range to A and low range to B? Will this work? I just want to make sure I am doing it right. Thanks and I subscribed :)

[OnkyoEU]

@XxKYFERxX Hi, your receiver will need to have support for bi-amping - please check with the manual of your avr or stereo receiver if a bi-amping configuration is supported.

[XxKYFERxX]

@OnkyoEU I looked at my manual and my receiver can support bi-amping. I have connected the speakers to the A+B selectors and it works perfectly. I have also made sure the ohms haven't dropped under 4 ohms, so i know its safe. Thankyou very much for your instructions and for posting this video..

[poolehart]

I've just bought a 609 which supports biwiring, as do my speakers so I guess I'll give this a try.

Question - When I connect my sub (which can share the front outputs) do I connect it the posts which are driving the bass, rather than tweeters, or doesn't it matter?

[OnkyoEU]

@poolehart Usually you would use bi-wiring for speakers which have separate inputs for bass and tweeters (using a bridge in a non-bi-wired configuration). If you would like to connect a sub which shares the front outputs for satellites - there is usually no need to use bi-wiring in this configuration. The sub will filter out the frequency that it supports - and passing on the other frequencies to the satellites...

[Altair8801]

I just love your accent! =) Man, you sound exactly like Roy Trenneman from The IT Crowd! Check it out! Thanks for the explanation, it was very easy to understand, well done (Roy)! ;)

[heinzpo]

where comes this accent from?

[destroyed96]

Since i am only using stereo polk audio floor standing speakers in my receiver, can i bi amp with surround outputs and put the receiver in 5ch stereo? My reciever doesn't have the bi amp feature,

[OnkyoEU]

@destroyed96 Hi, the receiver needs to have support for bi-amping in order to make this work.

[ericou812]

i never heard of such a thing,oh i guess i did,my old kenwood car amp,you could make the amp power a subwoofer ,connect suibwoofer to both channels of amp,...125 by 125 a channel= 250 to subwoofer,but i never did it.

[TotCeVreiRo]

@ericou812 That's called bridging and has nothing to do with bi-wiring or bi-amping.