line-out into a second amp?

[1958Bassman]

Originally Posted by grifo21

im not sure if this has been asked before or if this is a stupid question, but is running a combo amp through the line out of a head/bigger combo a bad idea?

What is the goal? Do you want to try this to boost the level or to use an additional amp, so you can cover a larger area with dispersion of the sound by using more speakers? If you just want more output, use the bigger amp. If the smaller amp's preamp does things the other one doesn't, you could use a power amp, fed signal from the line out.

Your question has no reason for doing this and it's not really possible to answer.

[grifo21]

Let me explain my situation I recently bought a Behringer BX600 and I wanted to run that and my Peavey max 110 in parrallel, being the cheep bastard that I am I'm not running out and buying a splitter cable anytime soon. my Behringer has an FX loop out labeled preamp out aswell as a line out that the manual says is to go to a PA/recording interface, which output would be best to send the signal to my 110?

[bongomania]

The fx loop out is the guaranteed sure bet, though most line out jacks will also work fine.

[alec]

Let me resurrect this by asking how long a line out cable can be.

I know about the evils of separating bass speakers too much, but for arguments sake, would the signal suffer over a 10m cable? 20m?

[Joedog]

I've done it w/a 20' cable many times. Usually with 2 1X15 combos. Sometimes I'd stack them, other times I spread them out so to be better heard by the players on the other side of the stage. Maybe better despersion nearstage as well? If you think about it, big PA's have subs on both sides of the stage.

[Bass_Pounder]

Originally Posted by Joedog

I've done it w/a 20' cable many times. Usually with 2 1X15 combos. Sometimes I'd stack them, other times I spread them out so to be better heard by the players on the other side of the stage. Maybe better despersion nearstage as well? If you think about it, big PA's have subs on both sides of the stage.

And that is wrong...........

Bass frequencies should be from a single point.

Spreading them out (subs and bass rigs) causes mud out front.

[SolarMan]

Originally Posted by Bass_Pounder

And that is wrong...........

Bass frequencies should be from a single point.

Spreading them out (subs and bass rigs) causes mud out front.

And, that single point "should be" from a point the size of this period [ . ] or smaller in an ideal world