Thanks for sharing your experience. We’ve probably all been there. It’s why this hobby is a journey and not a destination. Enjoy the journey. If not it’s like taking the kids on a long car ride on vacation with shouts of, Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Please keep us updated on your progress and as Hans says, enjoy the music!
Moving from a stereo amp to a dual mono set up
I thought this would have been not much a change and easily accomplished.
Boy was I wrong. I found a second Plinius SA102 on Audiogon a few months ago at a great price. I had it drop shipped to Ralph Abramo for a good going through. A few weeks later and it was done so I drove to his shop to pick it up. I asked about how to set up the amp for dual mono. A easy thing to do. Change the position of a switch in the back and connect the speaker wires to both R / L positive leads and connect the input to the right channel.
My speaker wires are Straight Wire Cresendo 3's. The leads are not able to reach the 9" spread to the positive speaker connections of the amp. I spoke with Straight Wire, they can alter the cables to a 12" long lead so they can reach. OK, shipped them out yesterday.
Now considering my electrical plug issue. One more plug is something I do not have. I have a older PS Audio AC filter that can receive up to 8 inputs. But I do not like the idea of running 2 high power amps through it. I want to do directly into the wall for my power.
I called an electrician and he is coming over next week to do a Job Walk. to see what it will cost to add a new circuit to my power panel and run the wires for a new plug.
Then there is the physical amp to deal with. I need a second stand to get the amp off the floor.
I will have to disconnect and move my existing equipment and stands around to make the system visually balance out.
Then there is still one question I am not sure of. Do my current XLR cables from Preamp reach across to the new positions of the amps. Are they long enough?
All this equipment is between the speakers. I like where the speakers are right now.
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