speaker colors

[prideclaw]

I have a '93 S-10 and I'm wondering if anyone knows which color (darker or lighter one of each speaker) is positive and which one is negative. For example, if you have a dark blue and a light blue wire/ which one of these would be the positive. I want to say that the lighter of the two is the positive but I'd like to be sure before I find out the hard way.

Thanks

[prideclaw]

Sorry.....hehe. I'm talking about the speakers and the factory color on the wires...

[Halen5150]

It won't hurt the speaker if you swap pos and neg...just try them both ways and see which way sounds better. I don't think it matters with coaxial speakers, they'll work both ways I believe.

[Wingnut]

 

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[x6369x]

It won't hurt the speaker if you swap pos and neg...just try them both ways and see which way sounds better.  I don't think it matters with coaxial speakers, they'll work both ways I believe.

 

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WRONG!

If you get the phasing (+'s and -'s) wrong, it'll sound like $hit.

Try this:

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/GM-Wiring.pdf

[Halen5150]

It won't hurt the speaker if you swap pos and neg...just try them both ways and see which way sounds better.  I don't think it matters with coaxial speakers, they'll work both ways I believe.

 

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WRONG!

If you get the phasing (+'s and -'s) wrong, it'll sound like $hit.

Try this:

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/GM-Wiring.pdf

 

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Exactly. If it sounds like $hit one way, he'll know to try the other way. Didn't I tell him to connect it both ways and see which way sounds better? The speakers will still work(yes, it'll sound crappy reversed, but it's still functional), but it won't hurt the speaker any if you reverse pos and neg for a short time. Maybe I wasn't clear in my first post...my bad if I wasn't. It's an easy way to determine the proper polarity though. Polarity, not phase...

[x6369x]

It won't hurt the speaker if you swap pos and neg...just try them both ways and see which way sounds better.  I don't think it matters with coaxial speakers, they'll work both ways I believe.

 

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WRONG!

If you get the phasing (+'s and -'s) wrong, it'll sound like $hit.

Try this:

http://www.installdr.com/Harnesses/GM-Wiring.pdf

 

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Exactly. If it sounds like $hit one way, he'll know to try the other way. Didn't I tell him to connect it both ways and see which way sounds better? The speakers will still work(yes, it'll sound crappy reversed, but it's still functional), but it won't hurt the speaker any if you reverse pos and neg for a short time. Maybe I wasn't clear in my first post...my bad if I wasn't. It's an easy way to determine the proper polarity though. Polarity, not phase...

 

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Why even bother with trial and error, if you have the correct diagram, you can do it right the first time.

[prideclaw]

Thanks to all for your help.