Painy Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I should hopefully be receiving a small windfall shortly before Christmas and am considering getting an all valve head - most likely a used SVT-CL. My budget however won't stretch to new cabs too and I'm wondering how compatible my existing cabs would be as 1 is 4ohm and the other 8ohm (2.67ohm total I believe). Would the amp run safely with this load if it was set to 2ohm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I wouldn't worry over 0.67 of an ohm.. The only thing to note is that the 4 ohm cab will recieve twice the power of the 8 ohm one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dincz Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) It's a 33% mismatch whether you use the 2 or the 4 ohm setting but valve amps are generally more tolerant of a slightly low impedance load, so the 4 ohm setting would be preferable. Edited October 1, 2015 by dincz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 That's great thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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