jaybass 70 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hi guys and gals, just scored a TA503 amp off Gillento from this very here forum, there are two speakon outputs on the back of the amp, it throws out 300w at 8 ohms and 500w at 4 ohms, I was under the understanding that if you connect one 8 ohm cab you get 300 watts , if you connect another 8 ohm cab to the 2nd speakon output you should get 500watts, however looking at the TA503 owners manual it says '[b]The TA503 delivers 300W of power into an 8 ohm cabinet (or two 8 ohm cabinets), or 500W into a 4 ohm cabinet' [/b] does this mean I have to connect my two cabs in series and connect it to the one speakon output to achieve an impedence of 4 ohms and get the 500w, or have I misunderstood the owners manual. I am using a GK Neo 112 cab (also bought off this forum, thanks Kennyrodj) and was thinking of getting another matching cab, but these cabs do not have the speakon link socket on the back. It sounds mega by the way !! thanks in advance Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Its just a way of wording that the min ohms rating if 4 ohms so 2 8's or 1 4ohm cab. So you can either daisy chain your cabs or you can put one in each outlet, you'll still end up with a 4 ohm load either way mate. Hope that helps. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) [quote name='jaybass 70' timestamp='1349803415' post='1830767'] I am using a GK Neo 112 cab (also bought off this forum, thanks Kennyrodj) and was thinking of getting another matching cab, but these cabs do not have the speakon link socket on the back. [/quote] Don't worry if the your cab has jack plug outputs, just get a jack plug to speakon bass cab cable. This guy sells them, I have two from him, and they are excellent quality. [url="http://www.bassic-bits.co.uk/"]http://www.bassic-bits.co.uk/[/url] edit - if you mean the GK cab has only one speakon don't worry just use the two speakon outputs on your amp to feed the speakers seperately and you will still acheive 4 ohms impedence. Edited October 9, 2012 by gjones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It doesn't matter whether you use two separate leads to connect the cabs, or whether you daisy chain them. The amp will see a single 4Ohm load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybass 70 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks guys, it just seems a bit misleading what it says in the manual, two 8 ohm cabs equal a 4 ohm impedance, so in what scenario would the amp supply 300w into two 8 ohm cabs? thanks gjones I am already converted to obmm's excellent cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It wnt as that would be a 4 ohm load, the only way it'll put out 300w is when u use 1 8 ohm cab mate Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 I think the '[b]The TA503 delivers 300W of power into an 8 ohm cabinet (or two 8 ohm cabinets), or 500W into a 4 ohm cabinet' [/b] Should read '[b]The TA503 delivers 300W of power into an 8 ohm cabinet , or 500W into either a 4 ohm cabinet [/b][b]or two 8 ohm cabinets[/b][b]' [/b] Think the original wording is pretty unclear, it reads like you get 300 watts with either a single, or a pair of 8 ohm cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Don't forget that it's been translated out of Italian, so it's easy to see how that could have gone wrong. It doesn't much matter whether it's 300 or 500 watts, what really makes it sound louder is having more drivers moving more air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybass 70 Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 thanks guys, I thought it was worded wrong, I'll be looking for another GK neo cab then ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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