HELP! Peavey classic 50 and OHM confusion

[thedial]

Hey, a newbie here. I was wondering if anyone could shed a little light on this for me.

I own a Peavey Classic 50 (4x10") and am definitely going to be upgrading the speakers very very soon. I have some very basic knowledge of inductance and OHMS, but am concerned that I'm going to have to always stick with 16 ohm speakers (so an extension cab would also be 16 ohms, totalling a maximum of 8 ohms).

That is currently the way the amp is being produced, and am wondering if changing the speakers would allow me to change that and allow myself more flexibility with which replacement speakers I have available to use and really helps with finding an extension cab I'd like.

The back of the amp reads "Minimum Amplifier Load 8 Ohms" so that just confuses me even more. Is there anything I can do without having to take it to be modded? And any 10" speaker suggestions would be great too, I'm currently playing sort of dynamic/spacey indie rock so a really smooth and clear clean tone is imperitive.

I'm positive this was all very convoluted and confusing, but any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

- Dan

 

[Stevo]

Re: HELP! Peavey classic 50 and OHM confusion

The term "minimum" is counter-intuitive with speaker loads, because resistance is inverse to current. In this case, you can't go lower than 8 ohms.

For great clean tones, I suggest the Jensen C10n, or the Weber equivalent.

 

[thedial]

Re: HELP! Peavey classic 50 and OHM confusion

Thanks sooooo much for the quick reply. I was hoping for better news, but at least its all cleared up now.

Does anyone have any experience with the Celestion Tube or Classic 10 speakers? I found a pretty good deal on them, but am waiting on pulling the trigger.

Dan

 

[rspst14]

Re: HELP! Peavey classic 50 and OHM confusion

I have a Weber Blue Pup/Silver 10 set that I really like in my Classic 50. You can use 8 ohm speakers as long as you remember to plug into the 8 ohm jack instead of the usual 16 ohm jack. The down side to that is that you won't be able to run an extension cab because there is no 4 ohm jack like some amps have.

Ryan