Markbass cab parallel speakon inputs.

[jimbobothy]

Hey guys,

I've been informed that the two speakon inputs that are on each of my cabs are wired in parallel. In usage what does this mean please? E.g. If I daisy chain from one cab to the other what will the overall ohms rating be, 16 ohms?

I run a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 head at the moment.

Cheers, any info would be great

Edited December 8, 2013 by jimbobothy

[geoffbyrne]

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/135-impedance-etc/

[Count Bassy]

[quote name='jimbobothy' timestamp='1386522033' post='2300989']
Hey guys,

I've been informed that the two speakon inputs that are on each of my cabs are wired in parallel. In usage what does this mean please? E.g. If I daisy chain from one cab to the other what will the overall ohms rating be, 16 ohms?

I run a Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 head at the moment.

Cheers, any info would be great
[/quote]

Two 8 Ohm cabs in parallel will give you 4 Ohms.

[flyfisher]

Corrrect. Although the amp and cabs are being connected in a physical daisy chain, the cabs are electrically connected in parallel.

AMP--------CAB--------CAB

and . . .


AMP--------CAB
|
\________CAB


. . . are electrically the same. Both cabs are being electrically connected in parallel and if they are 8 ohms each then the total load on the AMP will be 4 ohms.

(I hope the graphic is clear enough, the forum software seems to remove spaces!))

Edited December 9, 2013 by flyfisher

[jimbobothy]

Hey, cheers guys. It's nice to know you can ask a question and get a decent response quickly. Makes sense know, as stated above the physical connection would be a daisy chain but the electrical one is parallel, the same as if I used both speakon outputs on my shuttle