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2 ohm bass cabs

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by ms747, Jul 25, 2003.

  1. Jul 25, 2003 #1
    ms747

    ms747

    Aug 10, 2001
    Australia
    hey guys,
    my drummer has offered me an old randall road warrior rb1000 bass head to use but i need to get a cab. i was looking at the specs and the output is 300 w at 2 ohms, can you guys suggest ant cheap cabs that run at a 2 ohm rating. if im correct if i run a 4 ohm cab through this amp im effectivley cutting the output to 150 w is that right?
    any suggestions
    cheers
     
  2. Jul 25, 2003 #2
    Matthias

    Matthias

    May 30, 2000
    Vienna, Austria
    I don't think that there are any 2Ohm bass cabs, there's just one small German company (sieben audio design) which makes one as far as I know.
    But you get a 2Ohm load by using two 4 Ohm cabs.
    The output into a 4Ohm load will rather be around 200W than 150W I suppose.

    Matthias
     
  3. Jul 25, 2003 #3
    jock

    jock

    Jun 7, 2000
    Stockholm, Sweden
    EBS´s 810 and 412 cabs are available in 2 ohm versions.
     
  4. Jul 25, 2003 #4
    ChenNuts44

    ChenNuts44 Guest

    Nov 18, 2001
    Davenport, IA
    Find some craptacular 8-ohm 4x10. Chances are, it's wired in series/parallel. Rewire it to parallel and you've got a 2-ohm load.
     
  5. Jul 26, 2003 #5
    Mattski

    Mattski Guest

    Jan 6, 2003
    Cleveland, OH
    I took my 8 ohm 4x10 (with 4 8 ohm speakers) and wired it in series. This made it a 2 ohm cabinet.
     
  6. Jul 26, 2003 #6
    nashvillebill

    nashvillebill

    Oct 13, 2002
    1700 miles west of Nashville TN
    Mattski, you mean in parallel. In series would yield 32 ohms.
     
  7. Jul 26, 2003 #7
    Mattski

    Mattski Guest

    Jan 6, 2003
    Cleveland, OH
    Right you are. I meant parallel.