tazza1 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Hi all I have various amp heads with two speaker out sockets. I also have a Trace Elliot 2x10 8ohm cab & an Ampeg 1x15 8ohm cab. Both of the cabs have two jack connections. With my Laney DP150 (which has a minimum 4ohm impedence) I usually connect one of the speaker outputs to the Trace cab & then link my Ampeg cab to the 2nd connector on the Trace cab (I'm not an electronics expert but is cabling it this way wiring in series?). The reason I do this is that the output volume seems to be higher this way rather than cabling to each of the outputs on the amp. I'm wondering now though whether I will cause any damage doing this as when I've tried it with my Marshall 3530 head (also minimum 4ohm) I experienced the sound breaking up then cutting out completely after a few minutes. This happened a couple of times & I assumed at the time that the amp had a problem. Have I damaged the Marshall doing this, if so, is it because I've gone lower than the minimum impedence? Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Cheers Tazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 [quote name='tazza1' post='811579' date='Apr 19 2010, 05:29 PM']Hi all I have various amp heads with two speaker out sockets. I also have a Trace Elliot 2x10 8ohm cab & an Ampeg 1x15 8ohm cab. Both of the cabs have two jack connections. With my Laney DP150 (which has a minimum 4ohm impedence) I usually connect one of the speaker outputs to the Trace cab & then link my Ampeg cab to the 2nd connector on the Trace cab (I'm not an electronics expert but is cabling it this way wiring in series?). The reason I do this is that the output volume seems to be higher this way rather than cabling to each of the outputs on the amp. I'm wondering now though whether I will cause any damage doing this as when I've tried it with my Marshall 3530 head (also minimum 4ohm) I experienced the sound breaking up then cutting out completely after a few minutes. This happened a couple of times & I assumed at the time that the amp had a problem. Have I damaged the Marshall doing this, if so, is it because I've gone lower than the minimum impedence? Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Cheers Tazza[/quote] Does not sound like you are doing anything wrong and maybe the problem with the Marshall is something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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