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How to get a mono signal for whole house audio

I'm helping my sister plan for whole house audio in the house she's building. I asked the electrician to run 14/4 from the audio equipment to each volume control, then individual runs of 14/2 out to each speaker location. Yesterday I checked his work. He ran a single 14/2 cable from the equipment to the volume control, then a single 14/2 out to a speaker location, then out from there to the next speaker location in series. He wired for MONO instead of stereo! Drywallers are in there today sealing up the house. Bummer! How can I come up with a mono signal to feed this system. A local Guitar Center said I should use a Y connecting cable to combine the left and right preamp outs of the receiver to get mono. Will this work? Any ideas?
rogereckert

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kr4
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Using such a Y-connector would mean that you have mono everywhere. If that is ok with her, you can do it.

OTOH, the electrician is responsible for screwing this up. Whether she wants to make a case of it will depend on how competent this guy was supposed to be and how explicit your instructions were. I wouldn't stand for it. Doing the wiring before the drywall goes up will never be possible again.

Kal
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kr4
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His ineptness with a/v is common among electricians. The firm I have been using for years is excellent with electrical issues and very accommodating but puzzled by my demands. A/V issues are simply not part of their training.

Kal
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