[MiamiRob]

If I want to run both left and right channels to a single speaker, can I just twist the wires for the left and right channels together and attach to the back of the speaker? Or do I have to buy a stereo speaker?


Thanks,

Rob

 

[SIMJEDI]

 LOL


If you want to blow up your amp go right ahead.


You cannot use both L/R ouputs into the same input. Buy a pair.


Welcome to the forum and a much larger world. (too much SW lately)




peace

 

[MiamiRob]

LOL


Thanks Simjedi. I REALLY appreciate the advice. I have a Niles 8630 and I would have been really mad at myself if I had damaged it.


I have much to learn.


Rob

 

[Larry Fine]

Rob, if you can explain why you need to do this, and what the application is, mayhaps we can offer more advice.

 

[Kevin. W]

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Originally posted by MiamiRob If I want to run both left and right channels to a single speaker, can I just twist the wires for the left and right channels together and attach to the back of the speaker? Or do I have to buy a stereo speaker? Thanks, Rob

What are the speakers in question and do they have one or two conectors on the back? Are you asking about bi-amping? I use my L/LRear, R/RRear channels on my NAD S250 amp to bi-amp my left and right front speakers. The remaining channel is used to power the center


If your talking about running two channels into one connection on the back of the speaker, thats a no-no.


Kevin

 

[MiamiRob]

Larry and Kevin,


I want to connect both the right and left channel to a single speaker for two reasons:


1. My master bathroom is long and narrow. There are two speakers in the room. If each speakers runs only one channel, unless you were near the middle of the bathroom (which I never really am), you would hear only one speaker. Therefore, I asked the installer to put a full stereo speaker in both ends of the bathroom.


The installer has been very slow to complete the job. Yesterday, I started looking at all the speaker wires at the home run point. I figured out that he had connected only one channel to each speaker in the master bathroom. I took one of the speakers out of the ceiling and, sure enough, one wire was not connected at all and the other wire pair was connected to the red/black connectors. (There is only one red/black connector on the speaker --no others.)


2. In the guest bath and half-bath, there is only one speaker. Therefore, the speaker has to support full stereo sound. There are two speaker wires run to each of these bathrooms, but one one wire is connected. (Again, there are no additional connectors. Just the one re/black set.)


The speakers are made by a company called csi-speco. They are model number SP402A ( http://www.csi-speco.com/cart/produc...s.asp?prodID=1 ) I originally wanted to use Niles speakers, but the installer told me these were just as good and I would be wasting my money on Niles. Any thoughts on that?


Thanks,

Rob

 

[sivadselim]

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......put a full stereo speaker in both ends of the bathroom

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Therefore, the speaker has to support full stereo sound.

"stereo", by definition, involves 2 speakers, each one contributing a different sound to achieve the "stereo" effect.


what you want your lone speakers to do is play a MONO signal, not stereo.

 

[Larry Fine]

There are 'stereo' single speakers, which hace dual-voice-coil woofers and twin tweeters. This is what should be used in such loactions, and yes, both channels connect to them, as they have two terminal pairs.