Quciksilver mini mites and SDA's
Boywonder
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Anybody know if Quicksilver mini-mite mono's can be connected common ground? I would like to try a pair with my SDA-1C's but I don't want to blow them to smithereens. I am assuming that one would have to tie the neg speaker terminals together.
Anybody successfully running QuickSilver Mono's with SDA's?
Anybody successfully running QuickSilver Mono's with SDA's?
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I just talked to Quicksilver, and asked if tying the neg speaker terms together would pose any problems, and the answer was "no problem". I also asked if the neg terminals are at chassis ground, and the answer was unclear. I will check with a multimeter before I connect anything...
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Quicksilver Mini-Mite mono amps work fine with my SDA-1C's, they are common ground (when the power cords are both grounded, ie plugged into the same outlet).
I am using the stock IC cable.
Before I powered them up and connected them to my speakers I used an ohmmeter to check that the speaker neg terminals where connected to chassis ground, and they are. I made sure that the amps were on the same grounded outlet when I plugged them in. Before powering up, I also checked for continuity between the negative speaker terminals of each amp. No problems.
Once powered up (and connected to my monitor 10's for a test), I also checked for any leakage current between the negative terminals, virtually zero.
If you still have the willies when conenecting and powering on mono amps to SDA's I imagine that you could temporarily replace the amp input fuses with smaller values, so if things go terribly wrong hopefully you would pop the small fuses first. The temporary fuses would have to be able to withstand the inrush current when then amps are powered up. I did not do this but I was thinking about it.
I suppose if I want a belt to go along with my suspenders, I could wire the negative speaker terminals together.