Cab connection question

[ampcarfan]

If you wanted to connect (4) 8ohm "single input" cabs to a head that was stable down to 2ohms but only had (2) outputs, what would be the best way to make this work?

[georgestrings]

Well, without altering the amp or cabs, you'd have to make a pair of Y cables capable of handling speaker level signals...

Otherwise, adding parallel jacks to 2 of the cabs for daisy chaining would be a good route to take...

Do NOT just use a Y cable intended for line level applications for this - you'll be sorry if you do...


- georgestrings

[Bass_Pounder]

Originally Posted by ampcarfan

If you wanted to connect (4) 8ohm "single input" cabs to a head that was stable down to 2ohms but only had (2) outputs, what would be the best way to make this work?

I had a very similar situation years ago............

I went to a music store that made speaker cables to order and had them make me 2 cables.

Each cable had one big connector for the amp end, and one 3 foot section, and a 6 foot section for connection to the cabs.

All 4 cabs were stacked (2X2), the head went in the middle of the top 2 cabs. The shorter 3 foot section went to the top cabs, the 6 footers to the bottom.