I have two old Gauss speakers from the 70's that I'd like to try out today. The terminals on these speakers are the type that you push and feed the wire thru. One terminal is red and the other is black and neither is marker "+" or "-". I can only assume that the red terminal is the positive but again, I'm just assuming. Any sure way to know which is which? Thanks.
Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
- Thread starter Mike M.
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the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
The red should be positive but do the 9 volt battery test...
The red should be positive but do the 9 volt battery test...
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
Touch the positive from the battery to the positive terminal of the speaker and the negative from the battery to the negative to the speaker when both positive and negative touch the speaker will make a very quite poping sound and the cone will move a little...if the cone moves out then you do in fact have positive to positive and negative to negative...however, if the speaker cone pulls in you have negative to positive and positive to negative.
Does that make sence?
Mike M. said:
Touch the positive from the battery to the positive terminal of the speaker and the negative from the battery to the negative to the speaker when both positive and negative touch the speaker will make a very quite poping sound and the cone will move a little...if the cone moves out then you do in fact have positive to positive and negative to negative...however, if the speaker cone pulls in you have negative to positive and positive to negative.
Does that make sence?
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
Yeah...if the speaker terminals re not close enough together they you can use wire.
Mike M. said:
Yeah...if the speaker terminals re not close enough together they you can use wire.
the guy who invented fire
Fuzzy. Guitars
Re: Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
it should work for ya...good luck!
it should work for ya...good luck!
Re: Speaker q's. Which ones "+" ?
Well, the battery test worked just fine. The speaker made a slight "pop" and the cone moved upward which told me the red terminal was positive. Sounded even better once I installed it into a cabinet I made for my DRRI. I use to use these two, 12" Gauss speakers with my SVT that I recentley sold back in my bass playing days so needless to say they're good and broken in! Thanks again for the help. I can always count on the good folks here!
Well, the battery test worked just fine. The speaker made a slight "pop" and the cone moved upward which told me the red terminal was positive. Sounded even better once I installed it into a cabinet I made for my DRRI. I use to use these two, 12" Gauss speakers with my SVT that I recentley sold back in my bass playing days so needless to say they're good and broken in! Thanks again for the help. I can always count on the good folks here!
