Center speaker with non-bridgeable amp

cnoat
cnoat Posts: 315
edited September 2010 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hello all,
Can anyone tell me how to use the single interconnect for the center channel off my pre to run a non-bridgeable amp.Y connector?Please anyone?
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  • sm88
    sm88 Posts: 353
    edited September 2010
    Don't really understand the question here, center channel is just one channel and you only need one of the two outputs on the amp, so you would only use one RCA. Splitting the RCA and feeding both lines to try and bridge it yourself is a bad idea, if that was the thought; just leave one of the amp inputs and outputs unused.
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited September 2010
    I will try that right now.

    Thanks sm88
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited September 2010
    It worked but the output is very low.I was gonna use the y adaptor not to bridge but to send a signal to both sides of the amp and then use the speaker outputs to bi-amp the speaker.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2010
    cnoat, it would be useful to know what amp you are using?
    I know the Carver M-400 "mono" does actually use the 'Y" connection method, and then a specific hookup configuration, using both (+), but I would not try that on a different amp.
    Have you read what your manual says?
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  • cnoat
    cnoat Posts: 315
    edited September 2010
    kcoc321 wrote: »
    cnoat, it would be useful to know what amp you are using?
    I know the Carver M-400 "mono" does actually use the 'Y" connection method, and then a specific hookup configuration, using both (+), but I would not try that on a different amp.
    Have you read what your manual says?

    Its an old carver.A 1.5t I think.I just got everything set up and it worked very nice.I am just using it until I can get a three channel.
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  • kcoc321
    kcoc321 Posts: 1,788
    edited September 2010
    Good to hear you got it figured out. :D
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