Bad cab or bad amp?

First off, I can't see the cab in the picture at all.

 

You used the headphone out? I wouldn't think that would power the speaker very well. I could be wrong though. Is there another output on the amp?


Dan

 

You can use an instrument cable temporarily, but you should use a speaker cable because bad stuff that I can't describe will happen.

 

Instrument cables are generally shielded and have a relatively high gauge, which will cause extra impedance and energy loss as well as possibly causing a fire (with the shielding material, although this is unlikely). You aren't getting much volume because you aren't using a powered output, just a headphone out.

 

Hmmm... bad karma or bad mojo?

 

Headphone output is typically at a lower level than the speaker output. To use the speaker, you have to get at the actual speaker output of the amp, which requires Taking Apart.

Instrument cable is relatively unlikely to do much harm with a solid state amp at low power. Still, a proper speaker cable is the conservative and safe thing to do.

 

Headphone outs are for headphones! Not for speakers. If you don't have a speaker out it wont work. Also, you can blow up your head it its not the right OHM rating.

The "big brown thing in the picture" is not easy to see, so mabe don;t be a smart @$$ to the guy asking when you took a crappy pic.

It looks like a home stereo cab...from what I can make out.