On Dec 6, 7:44 am, Dave Fawthrop
wrote:
On 5 Dec 2006 13:38:53 -0800, "dave sanderson"

wrote:
|bodger wrote:| Not quite DIY but here goes.I have found an ancient pair of Wharfedale
| bookshelf speakers in the depths of the garage and would like to wire
| them up to my separates system to use in another room.There are the
| remains of two wires on the terminals,one is grey the other is grey
| with a black trace.Can anyone tell me which is positive and negative
| please.
|
|
|It generally doesnt matter, as long as they are wired the same.
|Id put the stripe to +ve, but its personal preference

It matters if you are using stereo. If a speaker is wired the wrong way
round it produces sound 180 degrees out of phase. Not that I could hear
the difference.

That's why he said "as long as they are wired the same".

MBQ