New Cab Day, My Orange TB500, And A Question

[Will T.M.]

Got the Orange last week, and the 2x15 from a guy on Kijiji yesterday. It's a Garnet cabinet with 2 Yorkville 200w 8 ohm speakers in it.

My question is if both the speakers are 8 ohm, is it an 8 ohm cabinet or a 4 ohm?

I've been running it at the 4 ohm setting on the head which I understand is safe either way. I just tried the 8 ohm setting and I find it sounds better I just don't want to destroy the amp

[jeff7bass]

Never heard of Garnett cabs but it looks like it would rock! It's a 4 ohm cab. How does it sound better on the 8 ohm setting? Is it louder?

[countrybass007]

As far as I know, running your Terror at 8ohms with a 4ohm cab can't hurt anything. I've run mine both ways with various cabs and it just makes a tonal difference. As long as you're not hooking it up to cabs that are less than 4ohms everything should be fine.

[Will T.M.]

Thanks guys!

To answer your question Jeff, it sounds less bass-ey, more articulate, and I can crank the gain more before the speakers clip. Garnet is a Canadian company from Winnipeg that was around in the 60s, 70s, and maybe later.

Thanks countrybass!

[philtoler]

Originally Posted by countrybass007

As far as I know, running your Terror at 8ohms with a 4ohm cab can't hurt anything. I've run mine both ways with various cabs and it just makes a tonal difference. As long as you're not hooking it up to cabs that are less than 4ohms everything should be fine.

At the 8 ohm setting the amp is expecting the higher load and so is pushing out more power to compensate. With a 4 ohm cab it is working harder than it was designed to do for that load. At higher power levels there is a risk you might damage it.