Common ground amp & SDA's

Schurkey

Lasareath wrote: »

This guy says it's a True Dual mono design.

http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/11654-kenwood_ka801_highspeed_integrated_amplifier

I'd stay away from it.

Get yourself a Carver TFM:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R40&dfsp=32&satitle=carver+tfm&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=07306&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&sadis1=100&fpos1=07306&lsot1=&fsop=32%26fsoo%3D2&fgtp=&sadis2=100&fpos2=07306&lsot2=

Bikerduck wrote: »

I measured the resistance today between the 2 neg outputs and it came to 01.6 on the 200 ohm setting. According to some posters here, that would mean it's a common ground. How can that be?

Thanks
Donald

Are you asking how a dual-mono design can be common ground?
First Guess: Just like the Dual-Mono Aragon, the ground side is common. Only the positive side is separate.

Systems

Schurkey wrote: »

First Guess: Just like the Dual-Mono Aragon, the ground side is common. Only the positive side is separate.

Correct,my Bryston's are dual mono's but the grounds are tied together on the power supplies PC board.

Bikerduck

Then it should be save to use it with the SDA's. I will hook it up this week and see what happens.
Thanks everyone for the help.

Donald

ben62670

Strap the negative terminals together on the amp if you are getting a low ohm reading. I didn't on my GFA-585(dual mono's), and blew the input resistors. If your amp can run common ground then you have no worries of strapping the negs together. It is very cheap piece of mind.
Ben