How to wire audionics cc-2 in mono mode


Have two audionics cc-2 amps.I would like to set them to play in mono mode. Getting conflicting intruction of how to connect the speakers those the positive and negative get connected to the positive side of channel a and channel b.Please help don't want to damage speakers and amps.thank you 



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The two black output terminals of the amp are almost certainly connected directly together within the amp, as well as to the amp’s circuit ground (to which the ground sleeves of the RCA connectors are undoubtedly also connected, by the way).

In bridged mono mode the red output terminals of the amp would both have full amplitude signals on them, with the polarity of the signal on channel B being the inverse of the polarity of the signal on channel A. The speaker won’t "know" that neither signal corresponds to the circuit ground of the amp. And the current supplied by each channel of the amp through the red terminal of that channel would be returned to the red terminal of the other channel, and from there through the output stage of that channel to the amp’s circuit ground.

From the perspective of each amplifier channel, a given output voltage will result in it having to supply twice as much current as it would have to supply under the same conditions in stereo mode, as a result the other channel of the amp supplying an equal and opposite voltage to the other terminal of the speaker. In effect the doubled current for a given output voltage results in each channel of the amp "seeing" the speaker’s impedance divided by two, which is why the amp is not intended to be used in bridged mono mode with speakers having less than an 8 ohm nominal impedance.

Regards,
-- Al

I couldn’t find a manual online. But after looking at some rear panel photos and based on how bridgeable stereo amps are usually designed I would expect that you should connect speaker + (probably red) to the red output terminal of channel A on the amp, and speaker - (probably black) to the red output terminal of channel B on the amp. The input to the amp would be connected to the RCA connector for channel A.

Also, of course, you would set the stereo/bridged mono switch on the rear panel to bridged mono. And note that the amp is not intended to be used in bridged mono mode with speakers having impedances of less than 8 ohms.

Regards,
-- Al