Aguilar DB751 into single 112 cab

[Wild Steve]

Picking up an Aguilar DB751 shortly, with a big cab or two, but wondering if it'd be possible to use it with a single GS112 when travelling light. The DB751 puts out 400W at 8 ohm, while cab is rated 300W at 8 ohm - obviously a slight mis-match, but would that be problematic? It would be for small places and therefore amp not turned up much, so should be safe or not?
Thanks,
Steve

[thisSNsucks]

You'll be fine. Just be mindful of your volume level and you should be all set.

I have that exact setup sitting next to me as I type this and have never have a problem. I've even had the gain and volume turned up to 12 oclock the cab held up fine.

[Wild Steve]

Thanks mate.
Steve

[Wild Steve]

Aggie arrived today. Thought it'd be massive compared to my current Peavey Tour 450 but actually they look really nice stacked together! Might not sell the Peavey after all now!
Be interesting to see just the 2 compare over the next few days. At present only have the Peavey 410 cab to put the through the.
Learned something new today - I thought all Speakon connectors could take a 1/4" jack within them (the Peavey's can) but obviously some do and some don't - the Aggie don't so I had to pop out and buy a Speakon/jack cable.
Steve

[LiquidMidnight]

I'm starting to think that we need to put up a sticky thread that says, "Yes, you can use a higher rated amp with a lower rated cab and vice-versa...just turn down if you start clipping anything."

P.s. The Aggie looks sweet!

[Wild Steve]

Originally Posted by LiquidMidnight

I'm starting to think that we need to put up a sticky thread that says, "Yes, you can use a higher rated amp with a lower rated cab and vice-versa...just turn down if you start clipping anything."

P.s. The Aggie looks sweet!

Thing is with the internet there are so many people saying all different things and you never know who to believe. I've heard yes it'll be fine, no you'l fry something, it's more dangerous to use a low power amp with high power speakers etc., etc.!
I'm sure you're right, and a lot will be come sense and staying aware - turn it up gradually and keep an ear open for clipping then make sure you never go anywhere near that level again.

re. the Peavey v Aggie, well just had half hour play and the Ag is ****Ing amazing! No surprise I suppose, the Peavey is an amazing amp for the price - about £800 will get you the tanklike 450W head + matching 410 and 115 full stack! But it sounds pretty thin next to the big boy! Early days yet though, I'll have a good mess about in the next few days.

Seems I'm not alone in the Spector/Aggie camp, looks like a fairly popular combination?

Steve

[Wild Steve]

As a side note, it was a surprise to see the "instruction manual" with this £1500 amp was 6 pages of white paper stapled in the corner as if they'd been downloaded from the net and printed. Is this normal, there's not supposed to be a "proper" manual in there is there?
Steve

[LiquidMidnight]

IME, instruction manuals coming with amps are pretty bare bones nowadays. In one way, that's good, because you don't need a graduate degree in electrical engineering to understand them. On the other hand, they often aren't detailed enough on things like the outputs and impendance of the outputs, etc.