Power Amp to drive an 8 x 10?!?

[alexlikedit]

im having trouble trying to find a poweramp that would power my ampeg 8x10 cab! having had a svt head for ages, which then blew up, i replaced it with my POD XT PRO, but...how do i go about powering the cab? its an old 8x10 so im not sure about the wattage, any help would be great!!


btw:first post, great to be here!

[Mr. Foxen]

Don't need loads of power into an 8x10, lots of speakers with low excursion, means you can run a not huge head and get quite loud, but a ludicrous amount of power will fart them out. Plenty of power amps will do 300+ w into 8 ohm.

[chris_b]

Hi, I had a great sound out of an SVT3 into a very old Ampeg 8x10 (I assume the cab was 4 ohm and the amp would have been on 100-150 watts) in a rehearsal studio a couple of years ago.

And I've got a DVD of George Porter Jr using a Gallien Krueger 800RB (300 watts at 4 ohm) in to an Ampeg 8x10.

[SS73]

In our practice room I run a Marshall 69 JTM 45, 50 watts into an 810 cab at 4 ohms, there is absolutely no way anyone could stay in the room at over volume 5 and its a big room too. An 810 is not too much for a 50 watt'r. Why not fix the svt.

[retroman]

+1 on getting your SVT fixed, I love mine to bits :wub: