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Hi everyone,
I have a Mesa 4x12 trad slant cab with stereo 4 ohm inputs.
I'm trying to do the bi-amp thing and run one head into half and one into the other. The heads have 4 ohm outputs, which I am using in this configuration, with a Radial Big Shot ABY doing the split.
What I find is that one amp works great but the other amp is at super low volume and much more distorted than I would have expected. Some of the settings on the ABY (i.e., ground lift, phase, etc.) will make it so that you can't really hear the second amp at all. If I unplug one of the speaker inputs then the sound comes back just fine. The amps and the ABY run just fine together when I use a separate cab for both amps.
I am trying to narrow it down to three things
1) User error
2) Bad speaker which I didn't know about since been running just one head this whole time
3) Wiring problem
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful.
I have a Mesa 4x12 trad slant cab with stereo 4 ohm inputs.
I'm trying to do the bi-amp thing and run one head into half and one into the other. The heads have 4 ohm outputs, which I am using in this configuration, with a Radial Big Shot ABY doing the split.
What I find is that one amp works great but the other amp is at super low volume and much more distorted than I would have expected. Some of the settings on the ABY (i.e., ground lift, phase, etc.) will make it so that you can't really hear the second amp at all. If I unplug one of the speaker inputs then the sound comes back just fine. The amps and the ABY run just fine together when I use a separate cab for both amps.
I am trying to narrow it down to three things
1) User error
2) Bad speaker which I didn't know about since been running just one head this whole time
3) Wiring problem
If anyone has any suggestions I'd be grateful.