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    Posted: 04 April 2025 at 6:53pm
I am wanting to replace the terminal lugs and 1/4 inch inputs in each of my Optimus 15 inch loudspeaker cabinets with two speakon connections. 

How do I wire one jack (jack 1) for input to the speaker and the other (jack 2) as a jumper to connect an additional speaker in series?

Is it as simple as just 
wiring jack 1 normally to the existing positive and negative of the cabinet, 
Then connecting the +(pos) of jack 2 
to the -(neg) from jack 1,
And the -(neg) of jack 2 
to the cabinets negative?

Or am I missing something?


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The standard way would be to link +ive to +ive and -ive to -ive which puts the linked speaker in parallel.

Note that speakons are usually labeled with numbers, use 1 and 2.
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Originally posted by Upton O’goode Upton O’goode wrote:

How do I wire one jack (jack 1) for input to the speaker and the other (jack 2) as a jumper to connect an additional speaker in series?
Technically the second speaker would be in parallel.

Originally posted by Upton O’goode Upton O’goode wrote:

Is it as simple as just 
wiring jack 1 normally to the existing positive and negative of the cabinet, 
Then connecting the +(pos) of jack 2 
to the -(neg) from jack 1,
And the -(neg) of jack 2 
to the cabinets negative?

No, unless you made a mistake it is always +1 to +1, -1 to -1, and the cleanest and easiest way I have found to do that is to create a Y cable so there is only 1 wire to physically connect to each speakon terminal.
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