Ohms,Impendence Question

[51501984]

I know this has been brought up before and the search function didn`t exactly answer my question. I have a Avatar cab with 2 Eminence 8 ohm speakers wired up for 16 ohms. I was thinking of getting a combp amp that have speaker outs for a 8 ohm cab. Would I be damaging any thing running a 8 ohm amp into a 16 ohm cab? Does anyone have expeirenec with the Avatar cabs since I was thinking since it has 2 8 ohm speakers that it could be wired to produce 8 ohms. Hope I didn`t confuse anyone.

 

[aleclee]

Re: Ohms,Impendence Question

Generally, a 2:1 impedance mismatch isn't going to hurt anything. If the speaker out is for an 8 ohm extension cab (run along with the internal speaker), the mismatch won't even be 2:1.

You can't wire a pair of 8 ohm speakers to create an 8 ohm load.

 

[BigBazz]

Re: Ohms,Impendence Question

i wouldent run an 8ohm (valve/tube) amp into a 16ohm cab, you're making the amp work twice as hard and could fry the transformer, solid state amps however are tougher and its safe to do this.

 

[51501984]

Re: Ohms,Impendence Question

Thanks so much for the info :bigthumb: