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Elekit 8600S

Hello all

i have just purchased a Elekit 8600S from the diy store .
Hiwever i would like some advice about possibly purchasing a second unit and run them as monoblocks ? I have never done this before and am unsure how to hook the system up ? Is it ok to only connect 1 speaker to each monoblock ?? Stress on the output transformer esp with a tibe amp - ? Do i parallel the speaker connections

what would be the sonic benefits of running them as monoblocks ??
 
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Do you want to use just one channel in each, or do you want to use both channels as one?

There are 3 potential ways to do this. Bridged, parallel, or biamp. The 1st likely won’t work(due to SE OPTs), i would check with Victor/Elekit to see if parallelin gis safe. Biamping requires a line level XO and a speaker that suits biamping.

dave