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Is it possible to down-mix stereo outs to mono amp

I recently acquired an old Grundig Majestic console radio/turntable. It's an all tube mono amp with - as best I can tell so far - three speakers. With its FM section it's a surprisingly nice sounding amp, in a sort of lush tubey sort of way. It does have an unused input, but of course it's also mono. Is it possible to take the two channels out of, say, a DAC, and blend them down into a mono input? I'd love to be able to play streaming music or computer files through it.

Regards,
grimace

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bdp24
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Sure, all you need in a Y-adaptor jack or Y-cable. The jack has two RCA jacks at one end (into which the RCA plugs of the stereo cable coming from your source are plugged into) and one RCA plug at the other (which goes into the single input jack on the Grundig). A Y-cable has two plugs on one end (each on it's own cable "leg"), and a single plug on the other.

You can find economy versions of both at any electronics store, and some of the audiophile cable companies offer a primo version of a Y-cable.
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bdp24
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Right you are Al, your original post wasn't up yet when I made mine. As for sound quality loss from a Y-adaptor, with the Grundig being the final link would that really be of much concern?
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