Connecting two Markbass cabs

[Deleted member 389437]

Hey guys, Im getting a new rig soon and I want to run two markbass 104HF´s with a markbass little mark tube 800 ( looking to run it at 4ohm ) I know there is two ways but ive herd that both are good and bad.

Setup one: SpeakON out of Little mark into cab one, 1/4 out of head into cab two

Setup Two: SpeakON out of Little mark into cab one, SpeakON out of cab one into cab two.

Will both work or only one. And are both ports on the cabs visa versa or certain one in/out

 

[paskisti]

Both work just fine, but forget 1/4 jacks and plugs with cabs. Use speakon cable from amp to cab and another cable from cab to cab.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

What ^ said. Your choice, Speakon is best if connections are available.

 

[mmbongo]

All this. Speakons only, and MAKE SURE they are genuine Neutriks. Don't get the knockoffs.

 

[Deleted member 389437]

All this. Speakons only, and MAKE SURE they are genuine Neutriks. Don't get the knockoffs.

Okay thanks guys! So if im correct I can daisy chain my markbass cabs safely? And it will run the head @ 4ohms?

 

[lowendrv]

Okay thanks guys! So if im correct I can daisy chain my markbass cabs safely? And it will run the head & 4ohms?

Yes if both cabs are 8 ohms

 

[SJan3]

Okay thanks guys! So if im correct I can daisy chain my markbass cabs safely? And it will run the head @ 4ohms?

You have no choice. MarkBass amps only have one Speakon out.

 

[Deleted member 389437]

You have no choice. MarkBass amps only have one Speakon out.

They have speakon and 1/4 inch jack?

 

[SJan3]

They have speakon and 1/4 inch jack?

The Speakon receptacle on the back of most MarkBass amps can also accept a 1/4" jack, so if using 1/4" you can run both from the amp but if using Speakon, you daisy chain. There is no downside to daisy chaining. Performance is the same and, if using a high powered amp, is preferable to 1/4" jacks.

 

[Deleted member 389437]

The Speakon receptacle on the back of most MarkBass amps can also accept a 1/4" jack, so if using 1/4" you can run both from the amp but if using Speakon, you daisy chain. There is no downside to daisy chaining. Performance is the same and, if using a high powered amp, is preferable to 1/4" jacks.

Awesome, that answers my question! On the cabs, there is two speakon ports. Are they assigned in/out or can both be used as an in/out

 

[paskisti]

Cab has inputs/outputs, amp outputs only.

 

[Deleted member 389437]

Cab has inputs and outputs, amp outputs only.

Yeah but there is two on a back of a cab. Can either one be used for input or output?

 

[paskisti]

Both are the same all the time. No matter which way you'll connect them as long as you don't connect two amps into single cab.

 

[Deleted member 389437]

Both are the same all the time. No matter which way you'll connect them as long as you don connet two amps into single cab.

Okay awesome!

 

[prowla]

It seems daft that they've built it with one Speakon/jack combo and one jack-only output when they could've had two combo outputs.
But anyway, I'd go for the Speakon daisy-chain.

 

[Consul]

You have no choice. MarkBass amps only have one Speakon out.

My F1 markbass has 2 speakon connector outs

 

[ahc]

@Deleted member 389437 Be sure that the Markbass 104HF cabs are BOTH 8 ohm. Connecting two 8 ohm cabs will give you a 4 ohm load. If you connect two 4 ohm cabs, you will have a 2 ohm load which will fry your Little Mark Tube 800. That amp has a 4 ohm minimum load.

 

[TrevorR]

You have no choice. MarkBass amps only have one Speakon out.

The cab Speakons are actually combo units. You canuse either a Speakon connector or a standard jack plug.

 

[TrevorR]

Hey guys, Im getting a new rig soon and I want to run two markbass 104HF´s with a markbass little mark tube 800 ( looking to run it at 4ohm ) I know there is two ways but ive herd that both are good and bad.

Setup one: SpeakON out of Little mark into cab one, 1/4 out of head into cab two

Setup Two: SpeakON out of Little mark into cab one, SpeakON out of cab one into cab two.

Will both work or only one. And are both ports on the cabs visa versa or certain one in/out

Honestly you can either do:

• SpeakOn to cab and then daisy chain via SpeakOn from one cab to the next
• SpeakOn to one cab, jack to the other cab
• Two jack leads from the back of the amp, one to each cab
• JAck lead to one cab, daisy chain with another jack lead to the other cab
• ...or pretty much any combination you like...

...and in practice they will all work just fine. Yes, Speakons (kosher Neutrik ones!) are a superior design from an engineering point of view to jacks as speaker signal output/input connectors but it's not like people didn't successfully use jack plugs to connect up amplifiers and cabs in the 25-30 odd years prior to Neutrik launching Speakons in the late 1980s. Not something to stress over.

 

[SJan3]

Awesome, that answers my question! On the cabs, there is two speakon ports. Are they assigned in/out or can both be used as an in/out

Both can be used in/out.