amesbury Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Hi, I have a question hopefully someone in basschat land can help with. I have a 4 ohm 2 x 10 cab and want to get another. However the only ones that seem to be on the market at the moment are 8 ohms. If I went ahead and purchased an 8 ohm speaker could I run it with the 4 ohm speaker. What would be the resulting collective impedence and would I need to connect them to the amp in series or parallel or does this matter at all? Thanks in advance Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I'm assuming your amp requires a minimum of 4 ohms. Connecting 8 ohm and 4 ohm cabs in parallel will give you 2.7 ohms and will be bad for your amp. Connecting them in series will give you 12 ohms, which will be fine (for a solid state amp) but you'll need a special set of cables for such a connection and you'll get a lot less power output, so there really is no point in this at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amesbury Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 The amp will work down to 2 ohms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 OK, so you can run them in parallel without problems using standard cables. The other thing to consider is the power handling. The amp output will be split 1/3rd to the 8 ohm cab and 2/3rds to the 4 ohm cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Which cab is it you're looking for that isn't available in a 4 ohm 2x10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amesbury Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 I am looking for a SWR Goliath Jnr 2 x 10 111 or 1V at 4 ohms to run with another one I already have to be powered by a EBS TD660. They seem to be few and far between - lots available at 8 ohms though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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