need advice. running stereo amp with one speaker

musicmixer04 · 16th January 2012

hi I have a crown D-75A and I just bought an auratone 5c

I read the crown manual and it says I have to go to a service center to modify the amp for bridge mode. I think I will be good just running the auratone from the one channel of the crown.

What will be the best way to hook this up?

I run unbalanced cables to the amp. Is better to just solder the + to + and ground to ground from stereo to one mono plug , then feed one channel on the crown (leaving one channel with volume down) and then connect the auratone to the one output?

here is he crown manual http://www.crownaudio.com/pdf/amps/125243.pdf

thanks

ripple_fx1 · 17th January 2012

check out the Rane website or do a search here for guidance on making mono from your stereo unbalanced connections - the short version is that you need to make a passive mixer, and can't simply Y the connection. Then use the diagram in the crown manual, or the more comprehensive guide on the Rane site to terminate your connector - you're correct if you're using a 1/4" connector, and correct about the rest of the scenario. Your auratone didn't want to see all that bridge voltage anyway....

musicmixer04 · 17th January 2012

thanks. Am I better off pushing the mono button on the central station monitor controller, I guess L and R then will come out as two mono mixes. What do you usually do when using auratones in mono ? thanks again

ripple_fx1 · 17th January 2012

hit that mono button....

musicmixer04 · 21st January 2012

thanks. tested and it works great

16th January 2012	#1
musicmixer04 Gear addict Joined: May 2006 Posts: 444 Thread Starter	need advice. running stereo amp with one speaker hi I have a crown D-75A and I just bought an auratone 5c I read the crown manual and it says I have to go to a service center to modify the amp for bridge mode. I think I will be good just running the auratone from the one channel of the crown. What will be the best way to hook this up? I run unbalanced cables to the amp. Is better to just solder the + to + and ground to ground from stereo to one mono plug , then feed one channel on the crown (leaving one channel with volume down) and then connect the auratone to the one output? here is he crown manual http://www.crownaudio.com/pdf/amps/125243.pdf thanks

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17th January 2012	#2
ripple_fx1 Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 628	check out the Rane website or do a search here for guidance on making mono from your stereo unbalanced connections - the short version is that you need to make a passive mixer, and can't simply Y the connection. Then use the diagram in the crown manual, or the more comprehensive guide on the Rane site to terminate your connector - you're correct if you're using a 1/4" connector, and correct about the rest of the scenario. Your auratone didn't want to see all that bridge voltage anyway....

21st January 2012	#5
musicmixer04 Gear addict Joined: May 2006 Posts: 444 Thread Starter	thanks. tested and it works great