Hi all,
First of all, I'm a beginner with DIY audio so please forgive me if my question is dumb.
I've this idea of a "mono streamer" but I'm not not very clever when it comes to electronics so after googling and reading now for a couple of hours and still not feeling any wiser I thought I post my question since there are so many brilliant people here.
I've just one 6 ohm three way in-ceiling speaker which I would like to drive with a "Rpi streamer" setup consisting of a Rpi Zero W equipped with a IQAudio DigiAMP+ Hat (link > : https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/iqaudio/iqaudio-product-brief.pdf ). The speaker only have one + & - connector.
I'll be using Picoreplayer as SW and as such can convert the stereo to a mono signal digitally with ALSA mixer so that's fine (it means that L & R will be combined digitally and the same combined signal will be sent to both L & R of the DigiAmP hat).
So my question regard the power amp part, how should I connect the speaker? In my confused mind I'm kind of thinking connecting both L & R plus and minus on the DigiAMP to their respective speaker terminal will give me a power boost since the DigiAMP is "2x35W".
But now after googling and reading I do understand that it might not be that simple? So what do 'ya say, is there any point of connecting like that or should I just use one of the channels?
First of all, I'm a beginner with DIY audio so please forgive me if my question is dumb.
I've this idea of a "mono streamer" but I'm not not very clever when it comes to electronics so after googling and reading now for a couple of hours and still not feeling any wiser I thought I post my question since there are so many brilliant people here.
I've just one 6 ohm three way in-ceiling speaker which I would like to drive with a "Rpi streamer" setup consisting of a Rpi Zero W equipped with a IQAudio DigiAMP+ Hat (link > : https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/iqaudio/iqaudio-product-brief.pdf ). The speaker only have one + & - connector.
I'll be using Picoreplayer as SW and as such can convert the stereo to a mono signal digitally with ALSA mixer so that's fine (it means that L & R will be combined digitally and the same combined signal will be sent to both L & R of the DigiAmP hat).
So my question regard the power amp part, how should I connect the speaker? In my confused mind I'm kind of thinking connecting both L & R plus and minus on the DigiAMP to their respective speaker terminal will give me a power boost since the DigiAMP is "2x35W".
But now after googling and reading I do understand that it might not be that simple? So what do 'ya say, is there any point of connecting like that or should I just use one of the channels?
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