“What additional hardware will I need in order to connect the speakers I currently own with standard speaker wires? From what I've seen, I'm thinking I need banana plugs for the front speakers. Is that right? Also, what about the subwoofer?”
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By all means, use banana plugs if you can, though the standard 5-way connections allow for bare wire or banana plugs on the front 2 speakers. The surround speakers must use bare wire. The 2 sub-woofer inputs use standard RCA subwoofer cable connections. Your subwoofers must have those types of connections too, or somehow you'll need to convert the subwoofer bare wire connections on the cable to RCA on the receiver end.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I used all my current speakers using bare wire EXCEPT for the subwoofer. My subwoofer was PASSIVE (i.e., not powered) included with an older Sony surround sound system. I contacted Sony and they said this Receiver was incompatible with older (i.e., PASSIVE) subwoofers and I had to buy a POWERED/ACTIVE Subwoofer. So, I purchased the Sony SACS9 Subwoofer which has RCA inputs that connect well with this receiver's RCA subwoofer output. Alternately, the SACS9 also allows for an amplifier's R and L speaker out to be connected to the Subwoofer bare wire inputs and passes the R and L signal out to your R and L speakers. Note, that the RCA input does NOT drive the R and L output on the SACS9).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you can use banana plugs for the front two speakers. I believe this is because in 2 channel mode, more power is channelled to these two front speakers. the center, and rear surround do not use banana plugs. thicker grade wiring is recommended as 145 watts per channel. well, you don't want to overheat the unit.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you CAN use banana plugs to attach all the speakers except the subwoofer. the sub attaches using two RCA jacks. I don't under stand why, as only one channel is being pipped into the sub. I figured Sony wanted me to attach two subs, one on each side of my tv. Nah. . . . either direct connect the wiring to the stereo, or use the banana plugs if you feel that will work better for you.
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