I have an old pair of Klipsch speakers with the RED and BLACK terminals on the back?

Posted by admin in Monday, June 15th 2009

John Boy asked:

I have an old pair of Klipsch speakers with the RED and BLACK terminals on the back. Does anyone know how to hook these up to equipment with the standard Stereo RCA connectors and where I could purchase such leads?

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Daniel K said in June 16th, 2009 at 5:05 am

Those speakers need to be hooked up to something with an amplifier that is designed with speaker outputs. The red/white RCA connectors on equipment are not for connecting speakers. On some older stereos, they use RCA connectors for the speaker outputs. You can get RCA connectors at Radio Shack and other electronics supply stores.

magyver said in June 19th, 2009 at 9:28 am

Dude, saying you have an old pair Klipsch in your house is like saying “I have an old Maserati cluttering up my garage”.

As far back as the early 70’s I had hell competing against them as an audio salesman, even though my company made speakers with very similar design: cabinet design and porting, mid-range horns for brilliance and clarity, 12 DB per octave cut-off rates on the crossover networks, and killer low end drivers with aluminum voice coil assemblies for heat disipation.

Yes, Radio Shack can help you with RCA adapter pluqs to put on your speaker wires, probably with screws so you don’t have to solder. Any other near-by electronic store can do the same. Take care of those “old” Klipsch, they just don’t make them like that anymore.

If they ever blow a component, come back and we’ll help you restore them. Glad to help, Mac.