[Technology] OT - Wiring a single speaker in Stereo...

[Skint Gull]

Very OT I know but here goes in the hope that someone who actually understands this sort of stuff can help!

So I recently bought a small amp, mains powered but the sort you would often find in a car, wired to my Sonos Connect and then outputting to a reasonable single garden speaker.

Works brilliantly and saves me taking a Play 1 outside every day but had rather an issue when California Dreamin by Mamas a and Papas came on... Early use of Stereo sound where the production played the main vocals through one channel and the harmony through the other and it sounds HORRIFIC when you only have one channel!

I remember that I used to wire a sub in my car (back in boy racer days) from R+ to L- but those amps specifically labelled that you could. I have tried it last night and it solved the problem but is there any risk to the kit by doing this? I am aware there are comments re ohms and resistance etc but I literally do not understand it at all!

Cheers to anyone who can help!

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[AmexRuislip]

Very OT I know but here goes in the hope that someone who actually understands this sort of stuff can help!

So I recently bought a small amp, mains powered but the sort you would often find in a car, wired to my Sonos Connect and then outputting to a reasonable single garden speaker.

Works brilliantly and saves me taking a Play 1 outside every day but had rather an issue when California Dreamin by Mamas a and Papas came on... Early use of Stereo sound where the production played the main vocals through one channel and the harmony through the other and it sounds HORRIFIC when you only have one channel!

I remember that I used to wire a sub in my car (back in boy racer days) from R+ to L- but those amps specifically labelled that you could. I have tried it last night and it solved the problem but is there any risk to the kit by doing this? I am aware there are comments re ohms and resistance etc but I literally do not understand it at all!

Cheers to anyone who can help!

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With respect, it looks like you're in some sort of sea world!

 

[Superphil]

I think you’ll run the risk of shorting the amp. Does the amp have a ‘mono’ option?

If not you can get stereo to mono transformers to do exactly what you want to do.

 

[Questions]

With respect, it looks like you're in some sort of sea world!

That’s what I thought. He needs to get out before the giant octopus comes.
Forget the speakers.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Four options:

1 press the “mono” option on the amp (if there is one)
2 buy a stereo to mono converter which you insert between the source and the amp
3 buy a s2m transformer which you insert between the amp and the speaker
4 fiddle with the wiring and quite likely short the amp.

The kit can cost between £20 and £100, depending on quality.

 

[Questions]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSINO6MKtco

 

[maffew]

With respect, it looks like you're in some sort of sea world!

Looks like hes trying to chav up his submarine with a bass bin. How cool!

 

[AmexRuislip]

Looks like hes trying to chav up his submarine with a bass bin. How cool!

Also can play vinyl on his poop deck!

 

[happypig]

Pah ! Converters...

If it aint caught fire yet, you'll be ok*







*values of "ok" can vary between "no danger whatsoever" and "oh christ I burnt me house down"

Being sensible...
You need to put resistors in series with the +ve outputs of L & R else you will have them trying to drive each other. You could work out what value you need if you have the amplifier output and impedance but it probably aint worth the f..king about when you could but a converter cheaply.

 

[Rambo]

How about adding another speaker?

 

[maffew]

How about adding another speaker?

What a silly idea