The trick is somewhere in the signal path a stereo signal has to be summed to mono and done properly.
If the speaker has a mono swicth that is possibley going to do it's job.
So a full stereo mix needs to be sent to the speaker first.
The cable is a very common 1/8" TRS to 1/4" pair used by many to run audio from a laptop, iPad or mp3 player. I get mine from the Music store.
Just as easy and less clutter is change the master output to mono and put your ears closer to one of your regular monitors, or if they have front level control or power sitch, turn one off.