need help

[hgripper]

I am thinking of buying tsi 200s for fronts. I have an onkyo706 receiver which has bi amp capabilities in 5.1; do I biamp the tsi 200s and run lfe to sub or run left and right front to sub then sub to tsi 200s?? I have a psw505 for sub and rti38s for surround. Thanks for your help

[Mike21]

Hi gripper.

LFE out to sub.

Surr Left and Surr Rear Left out to left speaker.

Surr Right and Surr Rear Right out to right speaker.

Don't forget to remove the jumper that connects the speakers' binding posts.

Do not expext much improvemnnt, if any. This is more akin to bi-wiring than true bi-amping. I tried this with my Onk 805 and Polk M50s and it did nada. You might have a better result.

Let us know what happens.

[Mike21]

Correction:o

Front and Rear Surr out to front L&R; not Surr. (side)

[comfortablycurt]

To clarify it even further...

Connect the front right channel to the top binding posts(mid/tweeter) on the right speaker, and connect the surround/back right channel to the bottom binding posts(woofer).

Same for the left channel.


Most people have reported next to no differences when bi-wiring with an AVR. Some people claim slight improvements, but the majority have reported absolutely no difference in SQ. Give it a shot if you have the extra cables to do it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to.

[hearingimpared]

Welcome to Club Polk gripper.

[wutadumsn23]

+1 on the no bi-amping/bi-wiring, I doubt you would even notice a difference at all. If you wanted more power to the speakers it would be best to add an external amp, the 200's can handle about 150W per channel so you would be able to give them a boost with an externaol amp if you wanted to that bad.