Re: close call with single rectifier: impedence mismatching (long read)
muttonchopsrule said:
i just got done doing this with someone else, and i don't want to do it again....
stop trying to be subtle. if you have something to say, then say it.
OK. I was actually getting ready for bed and thought "I'm going to delete that post because this is over, and there's no reason to post what I did."
Then I see this.
Cool.
You tried to do a nice thing in letting people know you had an incident, and what you believed to cause that incident, and to not have people repeat the mistake that was made. That's cool. That's good. That's being a member of the community.
Being told over and over (and, in fact, disagreeing with the manual) that because "A" happens and "B" happens does not necessarily mean "A" caused "B," you still have yet to say "I may be wrong in my assumption."
Because I don't have the manual for the Single Rectifier handy, this is directly out of the Dual and Triple Rectifier manual:
"Both Dual and Triple rectifier solo heads are not very sensitive to speaker mismatches and will not be damaged by them, except that very low ohmage loads will cause the power tubes to wear faster."
Consult your manual to see if a similar passage is not in yours.
If you're running a 16 ohm load and your amp is set to 4, your amp is working less than running a 2 ohm load being set to 4 ohms.
Your assumption is wrong. You didn't take to being told you're wrong with any kind of humility, in fact you got snippy about it.
i've read the manual, thanks. and as you could see by reading the post, it was a careless mistake made my buddy who was playing through it at the time. granted i should have been more responsible and double checked that everything was connected properly. but regardless of what the manual says, a 16 ohm load connected to the 4 ohm tap obviously causes problems.
i'm not trying to gather sympathy or advice, because the amp is working fine now.
And then, rather than say: "my assumptions may be wrong" you come out with:
i don't know why everyone wants to argue this instead of just taking it for what it's worth. maybe my words just aren't credible because i'm an 18 year old kid that doesn't own a wall of tube amps... i guess nobody can take a kid seriously these days. maybe it's just me, but if gearjonser posted this same thread, i'm sure people wouldn't be arguing him (no offense to GJ at all, i'm just using someone who has a well-respected name on this forum).
Basically saying: "You're saying I'm wrong because I'm 18, not because I'm wrong."
If you wish to believe that having a Mesa amplifier set to 4 ohms plugged into a 16 ohm cabinet blew the tubes- cool. Keep thinking that. But keep those thoughts to yourself because if you tell someone who knows better, they will laugh at you.
If you wish to yell at me or whatever, PM me.
But I think you at least owe an apology to Zerberus and other people who attempted to help you.
fftopic: ide like to thank everyone for posting this topic and replying to this topic. wile the posts were not always in agreement, I did learn alot by reading this topic. I have always wondered- in some what a state of paranoia- what would happen if I missmatched the impediance from speaker to amp becouse I have and have had several cabinets over the years that I like to run to different amps for even more tone versitility. currently at this time I have a 4/10 cab and two 2/12 cabs that I like to toy with for different sounds by running them into different amps. thnx all for posting and thnx again for the topic. this cleared up some questions I had always wondered about.
