Help Needed With Vintage Tech

[æææ]

I'm totally useless when it comes to certain things, and electronics is one of those things. I really have no clue how to set all this up, my grandfather had all these set up in his house (I remember it sounding amazing), and I've inherited them, but it seems like some cables are missing. On top of that, I don't know what I should connect to what.

There's this Onkyo thing (yeah, I truly have no idea. Pay no mind to the cassette player on top):
Front


Back


There's this CD player:
Front
(I think these cables might belong to it)
Back

There's this Grundig Receiver (whatever that means x_x):
Front



Back


And last, but not least, there are these two Marantz speakers with no cables of any kind:




I'd like to use my Fiio X3 with these, is this possible?

[glebert]

The speaker wires attach to the speakers by wrapping the metal conductor of the wire around the flathead screws (that are labelled as + and -) and then tightening the screws down. The wires attach to the Onkyo at the big red and black terminals (there are two sets of speaker outputs, A and B, just use A for now). R + and - goes to one speaker (the one on the right) and L + and - goes to the speaker on the left.

Use the cable with the red and white plugs (these are called RCA plugs) to connect the ouputs on the back of the CD player to the CD input on the Onkyo. Plug the Onkyo and the CD player into the wall outlet , set the input knob on the front of the Onkyo to CD, and you should be able to get some sound from the CD player as a starting point.

[æææ]

The speaker wires attach to the speakers by wrapping the metal conductor of the wire around the flathead screws (that are labelled as + and -) and then tightening the screws down. The wires attach to the Onkyo at the big red and black terminals (there are two sets of speaker outputs, A and B, just use A for now). R + and - goes to one speaker (the one on the right) and L + and - goes to the speaker on the left.

Use the cable with the red and white plugs (these are called RCA plugs) to connect the ouputs on the back of the CD player to the CD input on the Onkyo. Plug the Onkyo and the CD player into the wall outlet , set the input knob on the front of the Onkyo to CD, and you should be able to get some sound from the CD player as a starting point.

Thank you so much! Do you know where can I get cables for the speakers?

[Tom Phillips]

...Do you know where can I get cables for the speakers?

There is a lot of Snake Oil and such mentioned when people discuss speaker cables. However, You will do fine by just using some common lamp cord. Sometimes it's called zip cord. It is two conductor cable with the conductors side by side. Available in white, brown black and clear colors. You can see an example at https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cerrowir...01AR/303288884 . There will be a raised ridge on one side so you can keep track of the plus and minus wires of the pair. There is no difference in the actual wired conductor but it is important to connect the plus (usually red) terminal on the rear of the amplifier to the plus of the associated speaker and the negative (usually black) to the negative of the associated speaker. This is so the speakers are "in phase." If you mess this up, it won't hurt anything but the sound will be thin.

[Justin Thomas]

There is a lot of Snake Oil and such mentioned when people discuss speaker cables. However, You will do fine by just using some common lamp cord. Sometimes it's called zip cord. It is two conductor cable with the conductors side by side.

This, this, this! Lamp cord/Zip cord is great! And it's dirt cheap.

Jusrin

[æææ]

There is a lot of Snake Oil and such mentioned when people discuss speaker cables. However, You will do fine by just using some common lamp cord. Sometimes it's called zip cord. It is two conductor cable with the conductors side by side. Available in white, brown black and clear colors. You can see an example at https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cerrowir...01AR/303288884 . There will be a raised ridge on one side so you can keep track of the plus and minus wires of the pair. There is no difference in the actual wired conductor but it is important to connect the plus (usually red) terminal on the rear of the amplifier to the plus of the associated speaker and the negative (usually black) to the negative of the associated speaker. This is so the speakers are "in phase." If you mess this up, it won't hurt anything but the sound will be thin.

Thank you both so much! I couldn't access the link for some reason, I looked it up on Presearch, but I can't find sellers that cater to individuals as opposed to businesses (Amazon doesn't exist to me, stopped using it many years ago). If I go to a lamp shop, will they sell me zip cord/lamp cord?

EDIT: I found this "parallel cord" (on a Spanish website), is this it? https://www.artlumen.es/bombillas-de...1544650756.jpg

[loudthud]

æææ, you profile doesn't tell us what country you are in, that would help us provide links to solutions you can access in your country.

[glebert]

Auto parts stores often have speaker wire as well.

Anything that has two wires and some way to tell them apart (color or a line or ridge on one) should be fine. Something like this, You don't need super heavy gauge, 16 gauge or whatever you can get should be fine, especially assuming you won't be running long distance of wire.

[Tom Phillips]

I found this "parallel cord" (on a Spanish website), is this it? https://www.artlumen.es/bombillas-de...1544650756.jpg

Yes. That's it.

[æææ]

æææ, you profile doesn't tell us what country you are in, that would help us provide links to solutions you can access in your country.

I'm currently living in Spain.

[æææ]

Auto parts stores often have speaker wire as well.

Anything that has two wires and some way to tell them apart (color or a line or ridge on one) should be fine. Something like this, You don't need super heavy gauge, 16 gauge or whatever you can get should be fine, especially assuming you won't be running long distance of wire.

Oh, I see. Thank you, Glebert

[æææ]

Yes. That's it.

Fantastic! Thank you very much, Tom