16 ohm 2x12?

[B2D]

What ohmage of speakers would I use and what wiring configuration would I use to get a 2x12 cab rated at 16 ohms?

 

[wixedmords]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

(2) 8 ohm speakers in series.

(2) 32 ohm speakers in parallel, theoretically, but harder to find the speakers.

 

[B2D]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

In a parallel rig, since the power is being routed to one two speakers in a line instead of being split between two, like in a series situation, will that have a tonal or volume effect of one speaker being "hit harder" than the other?

 

[Stevo]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

In a parallel circuit, voltage is evenly distributed. In a series circuit, current is evenly distributed. In the case of speaker loads of equal value, wattage is evenly distributed.

 

[Cory_Dylan]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

^^I don't know, but that's a damn good question.

Someone told me (was it flank?) that they played through a fender amp that had a 15" speaker and a 10" speaker. I wonder if they were wired in parallel with the 15"er coming first for that reason.

 

[B2D]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

In a parallel setup, voltage is evenly distributed. In a series setup, current is evenly distributed. In the case of speaker loads of equal value, wattage is evenly distributed.

Wow... did not know this! Thanks a bunch!

 

[Cory_Dylan]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

In a parallel circuit, voltage is evenly distributed. In a series circuit, current is evenly distributed. In the case of speaker loads of equal value, wattage is evenly distributed.

Guess not...

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

If you're wiring 2 8 Ohm speakers as 16 ohms it'll double the voltage load for the amplifier.

or something like that...I don't remember...haha

 

[tone4days]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

In a parallel circuit, voltage is evenly distributed. In a series circuit, current is evenly distributed. In the case of speaker loads of equal value, wattage is evenly distributed.

this is exactly correct ... folks tend to forget that we guitar playin fools are not making DC signals ... we are making AC signals ... this means that for half of the waveform, our signals are traveling 'clockwise' around a schematic .. then for the other half of the waveform, the signal is traveling 'counterclockwise' ... (lather, rinse, repeat anwhere from about 100 to more than 8000 times per second) ... so in a 2 x 12" cab where each cab has the same impedance, neither speaker is 'first', they both get hit the same ...

good luck and hope this helps
t4d

 

[B2D]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

anyone else think this thread is vaultworthy for the technical info? If there's alreadt one there that answers this, thats cool.

 

[johnny blackwater]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

this is exactly correct ... folks tend to forget that we guitar playin fools are not making DC signals ... we are making AC signals ... this means that for half of the waveform, our signals are traveling 'clockwise' around a schematic .. then for the other half of the waveform, the signal is traveling 'counterclockwise' ... (lather, rinse, repeat anwhere from about 100 to more than 8000 times per second) ... so in a 2 x 12" cab where each cab has the same impedance, neither speaker is 'first', they both get hit the same ... this statment is total B.S.!!!! what do you think the transformer, rectifier, and filter caps do? the power sent to the speakers is pure D.C.!! and also, in A.C. power 60 cycles per second is the time between the shift in polarity in the A.C. waveform.

 

[B2D]

Re: 16 ohm 2x12?

Good god man this thread is just over a year old! :laugh2: