bronze and silver --------> which one is positive/negative?

[lupohki]

I'm hooking up a some tweeters and those are the colors coming of it. Is there a general rule as to which color is positive/negative?

thanks.

 

[PicPop]

oroo? i don't think the color will affect the quality

 

[911paramedic]

I have always used the copper for positive. I think it is just so you can keep track of which is which. The wires with the same type of conductor in both wires has a stripe on the insulator of one so you can do the same.

Thats always been my thought, although I am not an electrician.

 

[lupohki]

I'm sorry, I guess I should be more clear. The bronze and silver colored wires are connected inside of the tweeter. There aren't positive and negative terminals on the tweeter, just those 2 colored wires coming out of it. And to my knowledge, when you're hooking up audio stuff, it's important to connect positive to positive and negative to negative, no? These wires are being connected to a component box that has a positive and negative terminal for those wires.

 

[Ornery]

In my mind, I always think gold=ground. All that matters is that you keep the polarity the same for all of them.

Oh, and don't expect top quality sound till the wire is properly burned in!

Edit: If you want to determine which is positive and negative on a speaker, connect a double A penlight battery to the terminals of a speaker that are labeled positive and negative. Note which way the cone moves. Now connect your tweeter in the same fashion. Note which way the cone moves and label the terminals the same as your other speaker.

 

[911paramedic]

Oh, on the speaker itself. There should be markings on them, if not, look up the speaker on the web and get the specs for it. I have never really cared about keeping the polarity the same if there were no markings :Q and have never heard a difference. My systems have never been really "high end" where it would make a huge difference. Now my Klipsche speakers on my computer, I keep those correct

 

[db]

Just do both speakers the same.

FWIW, in household electrics, silver is grounded and brass is hot (+).