2 Connectors on Cabinet

Crested Radish · #1 03-31-2010, 09:38 AM

Hi all

Hopefully someone can help me with a simply question for someone who knows.

I have just purchased a new cabinet for my amp and it has 2 speakon connectors on the back. I have never had a cab with 2 connectors. Its an 8 Ohm Cabinet and the connections are wired in parallel (so the plate on the back tells me).

I'm Just making sure before I do something stupid. I am only currently running one cab with this head, do I run 2 cables from the head to the cab?

okcrum · #2 03-31-2010, 09:43 AM

Nope, just one. You'd use the second to daisy chain another cabinet to the amp.

fourstringburn · #3 03-31-2010, 09:46 AM

NO!!!!

These are parallel connections, meaning plug into one side and the same signal is passed thru the other ( doesn't matter which one you plug into). These are used to daisy chain another speaker cab from this point rather than from your amp's dual mono speaker outs (these are parallel outs also if your amp is mono).

Also if you do use another cab, be sure to use a equal impedance of 8 ohms.

MooseLumps · #4 03-31-2010, 09:47 AM

Just one, but either. the other works as an out to another cab.

For instance, you have two 8 ohm cabs to wire up, and your amp can only go as low as 4 ohms. you feed one cable out of the amp, into one cab, then another cable out of that cab into the second cab and call it good.

Crested Radish · #5 03-31-2010, 09:50 AM

Thanks for the Big No. :-)

And thanks for all the quick responses. I had a feeling in my water this was the wrong thing to do.........

Just my ignorance.