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16 Ohm Cabinet?
- Thread starter Clark Westfield
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- Feb 12, 2006
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
16 ohms would be useful if you wanted to use 2 cabs.
Specially with a 100 to 200 watt tube amp.
Alot of tube amps have limited output taps. And a pair of 16 ohm cabinets to yeild a 8 ohm load would be very useful.
Far as solid state. Then a 8 ohm 4x10 makes sense.
Likewise if another cab was needed it would yeild a 4 ohm load with 2 cabinets.
4 ohm min being very common for many amps.
As far as many people thinking a 4 ohm 4x10 would be better for " max" power.
It's not needed.
It would limit the system. Another cab could not be added. And most 4x10 are well into 10% distortion at 300 ish watts.
16 ohms also gives you the option of running 4 cabinets with one 4 ohm min head.
I'm not familiar with tech21 amps. I'm taking a guess they might have a tube amp with 8 and 4 ohm taps only.
For a healthy 8x10 rig 16 ohm cabs would be very useful
Specially with a 100 to 200 watt tube amp.
Alot of tube amps have limited output taps. And a pair of 16 ohm cabinets to yeild a 8 ohm load would be very useful.
Far as solid state. Then a 8 ohm 4x10 makes sense.
Likewise if another cab was needed it would yeild a 4 ohm load with 2 cabinets.
4 ohm min being very common for many amps.
As far as many people thinking a 4 ohm 4x10 would be better for " max" power.
It's not needed.
It would limit the system. Another cab could not be added. And most 4x10 are well into 10% distortion at 300 ish watts.
16 ohms also gives you the option of running 4 cabinets with one 4 ohm min head.
I'm not familiar with tech21 amps. I'm taking a guess they might have a tube amp with 8 and 4 ohm taps only.
For a healthy 8x10 rig 16 ohm cabs would be very useful
Well... there it is.
If your Amp is 4 Ohms minimum go get four of them suckers and have some fun.
If you have a 2 Ohm stable amp, stack up eight of them and kill some stuff.
I am wondering if this 16 Ohm is a misprint, as the 8 Ohm has connections with one Speakon and one phone plug. The 16 Ohm cab, which most likely (though not always) would receive less power so a phone plug would be acceptable has only Speakon connectors for its connections.
Model: B410-DP8 with 8 Ohms;
One Neutrik Speakon® connector and one 1/4-inch connector;
Model: B410-DP16 with 16 Ohms;
Two Neutrik Speakon® connectors;
Accessories – Tech 21 NYC
Model: B410-DP8 with 8 Ohms;
One Neutrik Speakon® connector and one 1/4-inch connector;
Model: B410-DP16 with 16 Ohms;
Two Neutrik Speakon® connectors;
Accessories – Tech 21 NYC
My guess is they anticipate 16ohm cabs being used in pairs, and 8ohm cabs singly. Hence the pair of speakons for daisy chaining two cabs.
