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Post by verodaclient on Mar 23, 2014 2:23:50 GMT -7
Hello again,
Just wondering what options I have if I want to hook 2 speaker cabs up to my Maz 38? The problems are:
First cab is rated at 8 ohms Second cab is rated at 16 ohms There's no second input/output from either cab to link cab to cab
I tried just using 2 speaker cables and connecting the 8 ohm cab to the 8 ohm Maz output and the same for the 16 ohm output to the 16 ohm cab but I don't think this worked too well. The 8 ohm speaker was quite low in volume and in general I found I had to turn the Maz up to ridiculous settings to get a giggable volume.
So I assume that is all a bad thing so was wondering if anyone has any ideas on if the above is do-able?
Thanks! Leon
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2014 3:09:42 GMT -7
Leon - First, you should only use one output on the back of the amp. I believe there is a caution under your speaker jacks that says to only use one speaker out at a time. As for mixing speakers with different impedance, this website gets into how to measure ohms and determining which jack to use: Preston Electronics To keep things simple, I never mix different ohm speakers. It makes the math easier.
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Post by verodaclient on Mar 23, 2014 3:32:33 GMT -7
Hi Ches,
Thanks for the info! I didn't see the warning but it felt wrong enough to not continue with it anyways :-)
Thanks for the link too. It looks like the total for the 8 ohm and 16 ohm cabs would be around 5 ohms from the amp. Do you think I might be able to use a Y-speaker cable to connect to the 2 cabs and plug it into the 8ohm out? Or would the 4ohm out be safer?
Thanks again, Leon
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Post by BritInvasion on Mar 23, 2014 4:31:48 GMT -7
If it is 5 ohms , use the 4 ohm jack. It's safe to go a little higher in impedance , but you could ruin your output transformer running a lower load.
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Post by verodaclient on Mar 23, 2014 4:53:45 GMT -7
Nice one!
I'll go for that so. Thanks for all the help
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