I am planning an amp head that will have secondaries for 4 and 8 Ohm speaker loads. I am planning to use a 1-12 cabinet for practicing at home, and when the need to move more air presents itself I will use a 2-10 extension cabinet. I love that within both the Traditional and Vintage series, the Avatar 1-12, and 2-10 cabinets are dimensionally identical!
I have several questions. First, I am assuming based upon what I've read on the net that I should try to use the largest (8 Ohm) speaker input as it uses the whole OT secondary winding. Obvioulsy it does, but whether the benefit is real or internet folklore I can't be sure.
Based on the 1-12 being my primary cabinet I would definitely use an 8 Ohm speaker there.
The simplest approach for adding the second cabinet would be to use two 16 Ohm speakers in the 2-10 cab, wired in parallel, and then wire the speaker out jack on the 1-12 cabinet so that thet two cabs together present a 4 Ohm load to the head and then use the 4 Ohm tap on the amp.
But, (ass)uming that using the full secondary OT coil would be somehow more beneficial (which again, I don't know) is there an optimal way to select speaker impedances and wire the 2-10 cab so that combined with the 1-12 I could still use the full 8 Ohm winding?
I can see how to combine the three speakers to achieve 12 Ohms, but what good is that?
I have several questions. First, I am assuming based upon what I've read on the net that I should try to use the largest (8 Ohm) speaker input as it uses the whole OT secondary winding. Obvioulsy it does, but whether the benefit is real or internet folklore I can't be sure.
Based on the 1-12 being my primary cabinet I would definitely use an 8 Ohm speaker there.
The simplest approach for adding the second cabinet would be to use two 16 Ohm speakers in the 2-10 cab, wired in parallel, and then wire the speaker out jack on the 1-12 cabinet so that thet two cabs together present a 4 Ohm load to the head and then use the 4 Ohm tap on the amp.
But, (ass)uming that using the full secondary OT coil would be somehow more beneficial (which again, I don't know) is there an optimal way to select speaker impedances and wire the 2-10 cab so that combined with the 1-12 I could still use the full 8 Ohm winding?
I can see how to combine the three speakers to achieve 12 Ohms, but what good is that?
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