Connecting Bose Wave To Hi-Fi Speakers

[Wispy68]

Good evening :-)
I have a Bose Wave system and would like to connect it to my hi-fi speakers, which have the type of cabling which is usually attached to the back of a hi-fi, by placing the positive/negative wires into the black/red clamps.
Does anyone know whether I could buy some kind of adapter, which would enable me to connect the two?
Many thanks ;-)

[Buenchico]

Just use standard RCA cables, with phono plugs at either end.

Cut the phono plugs off the speaker ends of the cables and, using wire strippers or a craft knife, strip the plastic away from them.

Separate the outer screening from the inner cable, twisting it together. Remove the plastic from the inner core as well (but not so far back that the two parts of the cable can short together). Then insert the bared wires into the clamps you refer to.

Easy peasy!

[Wispy68]

Thank you for your reply, Buenchico.
I don't think I've worded my question very well :-\
The Bose doesn't have the clamp sockets in it, so am trying to find a way of connecting my speakers to it (if possible) and wondered whether a type of adapter is available.
Sorry for my rambling and slightly confusing question, it's a bit hard to describe what I'm rabbiting on about!

[TheChair]

I'm pretty sure that if you re-read Buenchico's reply, you'll see that he is suggesting that you connect RCA/Phono plugs to the Bose, and the stripped ends to the speakers.

However, having said that, a bit of googling would seem to indicate that if there are any output sockets available at all, they are likely to be at signal level, so in order to connect to other speakers, you need either a pair of powered speakers, or a separate amplifier.

[Buenchico]

^^^ TheChair has interpreted my post correctly.

However page 11 of the user manual for the Bose Wave refers to connecting the 'variable out' RCA sockets to powered Bose speakers, which (as TheChair points out) suggests that some sort of amplification will be needed. (i.e. you'll need to connect the output of the Wave to the input of your hi-fi's amplifier and then connect your speakers to the amp's output).

http://products.bose.com/pdf/customer_service/owners/wrv3_guide.pdf

[Wispy68]

Thank you very much for your helpful answer :-)