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04-10-2011, 07:20 AM
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Hi, new guy/long time player here. I have a question about hooking up 2 cabs to an amp. both cabs are 8 ohms. the amp is a Hartke LH 500 rated 350 watts @ 8 ohms and 500 watts @ 4 ohms. Will I get the full 500 watts whichever way i connect the speakers? (series or parallel)?.. thanks |
04-10-2011, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Gotta P  Will I get the full 500 watts whichever way i connect the speakers? (series or parallel)?.. thanks | yup
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04-10-2011, 07:33 AM
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04-10-2011, 07:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mississippi Coast | | | Now don't make the (common) mistake of thinking that you're in series if you daisy chain one speaker to the other. Whether you do this, or plug each cab into an output jack on the head, it's still parallel.
And, yes, your amp will be capable of outputting its full power with either method of connection.
The only way to run series is to do some internal rewiring. (There's probably another way but we won't get into that here)
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04-10-2011, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bristol, Connecticut, USA | | | You can't connect your cabs in series unless you rewire them. Daisy chaining them or connecting them both to the amp results in the same parallel connection. |
04-10-2011, 08:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mississippi Coast | | Uh.....I think I just said that..... 
(47 minutes ago) Quote:
Originally Posted by lbwdog Now don't make the (common) mistake of thinking that you're in series if you daisy chain one speaker to the other. Whether you do this, or plug each cab into an output jack on the head, it's still parallel.
And, yes, your amp will be capable of outputting its full power with either method of connection.
The only way to run series is to do some internal rewiring. (There's probably another way but we won't get into that here) |
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04-10-2011, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by lbwdog Uh.....I think I just said that.....
(47 minutes ago) | One person saying it is an opinion. Two or more saying it has more meaning. |
04-10-2011, 08:40 AM
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04-10-2011, 08:49 AM
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04-10-2011, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by MuzikMan One person saying it is an opinion. Two or more saying it has more meaning. | LOL...You've gotta point! Quote:
Originally Posted by RickenBoogie And three people saying it makes it a fact. +3 then. | Now we have a quorum 
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04-10-2011, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lbwdog Now we have a quorum | watch your language!
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04-10-2011, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM watch your language! | Forum quorum decorum, please. 
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04-12-2011, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by lbwdog Now we have a quorum | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM watch your language! | Whatsamatter Jimmy, you've never seen a three-man quorum before?
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