can i change my behringer 4 ohm 4x10 to a 2x10

Bennetsgreen · #1 07-14-2010, 08:13 PM

need help!!! if its possible to change a behringer 410 (with one blown speaker) that is rated at 4 ohms to a 2x10, i know how to redesign the cab im just wondering if it will screw up my head? ive just bought a markbass 8x10 and need something smaller for practise.

cheers guys!

bassplayer8953 · #2 07-14-2010, 08:17 PM

Can you find out the ohm rating on the individual speakers?

Bennetsgreen · #3 07-14-2010, 08:20 PM

hold on il look it up

Bennetsgreen · #4 07-14-2010, 08:32 PM

cant find it anywhere on the net, il have to take one of the speakers out, il ger back to you on it

3506string · #5 07-14-2010, 09:16 PM

I'm not 100% on what you are trying to do but the speakers are either 4 ohms or 16 ohms. If they are 16 ohms then you can just wire two of them in parallel to have an 8 ohm load. If they are 4 ohms then you can wire them in series for an 8 ohm load.

Rick Auricchio · #6 07-14-2010, 10:49 PM

Running the cab without all speakers working is going to completely change its tuning. That can cause damage to the working speakers. Don't do it.

JimmyM · #7 07-14-2010, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick Auricchio

Running the cab without all speakers working is going to completely change its tuning. That can cause damage to the working speakers. Don't do it.

+1. if anything, put the blown speaker back in unhooked and use it as a 310. or just bring the markbass...it's not THAT big a pita to move.

Bennetsgreen · #8 07-15-2010, 05:17 AM

will that make it 4 ohms still?? the speaker is allready unhooked, it wont hurt the momark head will it?

bassplayer8953 · #9 07-15-2010, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bennetsgreen

will that make it 4 ohms still??

No. The exact ohm now drawn will depend on the speakers themselves, and how the cab is wired.

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the speaker is allready unhooked, it wont hurt the momark head will it?

Depends on the ohms now being drawn, and the ability of the head to handle that ohmage.

Your easiest way out of this, IMO, is to: a: determine what ohm each driver is, and b: buy a driver to replace the blown one. Anything else is band-aiding the problem. A single driver...or a recone on the existing one...won't set you back that much.

JimmyM · #10 07-15-2010, 12:08 PM

true, but i don't know if i'd spend money rehabbing a behringer cab. the impedance with 3 speakers will be slightly higher than 4 ohms, well within the momark's range.

Govier966 · #11 07-15-2010, 12:10 PM

you would have to build a new box or heavily modify the current one.

Rick Auricchio · #12 07-15-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bassplayer8953

No. The exact ohm now drawn will depend on the speakers themselves...
Depends on the ohms now being drawn...

Impedance (ohms) is not drawn. Current is drawn (consumed). Impedance presents a load to the amp.

Bennetsgreen · #13 07-17-2010, 07:42 AM

well the speakers are 4 ohms each

BassmanPaul · #14 07-17-2010, 08:06 AM

There's an old saying that is very applicable to this subject. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Just get rid of the thing and get something that deserves playing through with a Mark Bass amp.

paul

Bennetsgreen · #15 07-17-2010, 08:09 AM

whats small cheap 2x10 then haha

BassmanPaul · #16 07-17-2010, 10:30 AM

That's something YOU have to decide for yourself. Our tone goals are probably completely different. Go forth and try everything you can find until something says BUY ME!

Good luck.

Paul