Marty Forrer Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 Further to my previous thread about putting a much better speaker (Eminence DeltaLite 8 ohms) in my Studio 15, and the amazing improvement it made, I've just wired in an extension speaker socket mounted on the chassis. Plugged an 8 ohm extension cab in and boom! There it is... grunt to Africa. Still light and portable for club gigs and with the extra cab great for outdoor or big gigs. I also glued a couple of rubber bumpers to the chassis each side of the on/off switch to protect it as it protrudes. I can see it being damaged easily if someone laid it down on its back. 2 Quote
bertbass Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 The manual says, 300w into 8 ohms. Are you running risk of blowing the amp? 1 Quote
BassmanPaul Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 9 hours ago, bertbass said: The manual says, 300w into 8 ohms. Are you running risk of blowing the amp? My first thought too. If the amp has not been designed to work into 4Ω then it will fail. The only question is when? Quote
BassmanPaul Posted April 29, 2023 Posted April 29, 2023 According to a YouTube video I found the unit is supposed to have a socket for an extension speaker cabinet. If yours needed one to be added it will nOT be able to handle the lower impedance. Sorry. Quote
Marty Forrer Posted April 30, 2023 Author Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) The Ashdown branded speaker that it came with is labelled 4 ohms and 150 watts. Strange considering it's supposedly 300w at 4ohms. It now runs an 8 ohm speaker and is much louder and fatter than the Ashdown labelled speaker. By my reckoning 8ohm + 8ohms in parallel = 4 ohms, the same impedance as the original speaker. Edited April 30, 2023 by Marty Forrer 1 Quote
BassmanPaul Posted April 30, 2023 Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) Sounds reasonable to me too! Edited April 30, 2023 by BassmanPaul Quote
Downunderwonder Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 8 hours ago, BassmanPaul said: Sounds reasonable to me too! Well it would, being the most reasonable person ever ejected from that other bass hangout. 2 Quote
Supernaut Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 I know, washed up TB rejects have spread like a bad smell over here. Quote
BassmanPaul Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Supernaut said: I know, washed up TB rejects have spread like a bad smell over here. There are bathroom deodorizes available for just this purpose! One short spray hides all evils! Quote
Skinny Posted May 1, 2023 Posted May 1, 2023 On 30/04/2023 at 01:44, Marty Forrer said: The Ashdown branded speaker that it came with is labelled 4 ohms and 150 watts. Strange considering it's supposedly 300w at 4ohms. It now runs an 8 ohm speaker and is much louder and fatter than the Ashdown labelled speaker. By my reckoning 8ohm + 8ohms in parallel = 4 ohms, the same impedance as the original speaker. My mag250 15" cab had a similar sized speaker in. Quote
Baloney Balderdash Posted May 2, 2023 Posted May 2, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, Supernaut said: I know, washed up TB rejects have spread like a bad smell over here. More than a mint can handle, for sure. You really should see a doctor, TB is a serious disease. Edited May 2, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 1 1 Quote
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