Does It Matter Which Speaker Wire Is Positive?
It Really Doesn't Matter, as Long as the Same Wire Is Connected to the Same Colored Terminal at Each End. Typically, the Positive Wire Is Red and the Ground...
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Correspondingly, what happens if you wire speakers backwards?
Accidental reversal of speaker wires can happen when the wires are not properly labeled for polarity. Although this is not dangerous to a speaker or amplifier, proper power delivery and speaker response is not possible with reversed speaker wires. Reversing speaker wire polarity is a common audio error.
Additionally, does it matter what speaker wire you use? Yes - and no. It is important that you use speaker wire that is good enough to provide a good quality path for current flow between your amplifier and your speakers. If your speaker wire is too thin, it will have a lot of resistance, which will waste power, and reduce damping.
Also asked, what color speaker wire is positive?
silver
Does polarity matter on car speakers?
Depending on how a speaker has been wired internally or connected to the amplifier, it will either move in or out in response to a given input signal. As long as a single speaker is concerned, this direction has no influence on the perceived sound. When polarity is wrong, the speakers will be out of phase.
