[David Nebenzahl]

On 10/19/2009 11:41 AM Richard Crowley spake thus:

"AZ Nomad" wrote ...

Richard Crowley wrote:

"AZ Nomad" wrote...

Richard Crowley wrote:

The simple and inexpensive method is to just use a "Y-cable"
which connects the Left and Right outputs together to form a
monaural signal combined from both. This is effective most of
the time, and with reasonable quality.

That's a terrible solution. If you mix them and the outputs
don't like being shorted together then you'll end up with
horrible distortion.

Yes that is the common theory. However, I have actually done this
many times and I have NEVER had "horrible distortion". Sorry to
hear that you have had such poor luck.

If you listen using something better than $5 computer speakers, the
distortion isn't subtle.

Sorry. My reality doesn't correlate with your theory.
Good luck with that.

Same here; I've run two line-level channels into one input where such
distortion, if present, could definitely be heard (decent quality home
stereo), and there was no such distortion.

Look at circuit diagrams for amplifiers: as Richard C. pointed out,
there is enough resistance between stages, as well as high enough
impedances, to make any problems tying the two channels together negligible.


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