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Extension Cabinet on Peavey TNT Tour

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MichiganMadDog

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Apr 25, 2012
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I'm running a Peavey TNT Tour and would like response on running an extension cabinet on it.
I have run a Hartke 2-10 with it, and it really helped but the hartke cabinet was doing all the work do to it's wattage capability. it was maxed out before the Peavey 15 in.
Anyone have experience on this issue? Want to run a 4-10 cab 8 ohms, horn would be nice too.
 
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MichiganMadDog said:
the hartke cabinet was doing all the work do to it's wattage capability.
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Hi there, don't get what you mean in the quote above.
Some TB'ers might say that you should match your cabinets. If that's the case, Peavey has a Headliner 115 that would probably go pretty nice with your TNT.
However, if you wish to use a different configuration, Peavey makes a Headliner 210 and a 410. Some here would contend that a 410 would handle the power fine while the internal 15" speaker might be overpowered. I've seen both sides of the argument.
 
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alaskaleftybass said:
Hi there, don't get what you mean in the quote above.
Some TB'ers might say that you should match your cabinets. If that's the case, Peavey has a Headliner 115 that would probably go pretty nice with your TNT.
However, if you wish to use a different configuration, Peavey makes a Headliner 210 and a 410. Some here would contend that a 410 would handle the power fine while the internal 15" speaker might be overpowered. I've seen both sides of the argument.
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Yes, it can go both ways. I don't know what the power rating is on the 15in speaker, and the output of the amp has an inflated 600 watts rating, but I have read it is 300 at 8ohms and 450 at 4ohms.

My point is to match the ext cabinet working watts to the original 15in working watts so they are working just as hard at any given volume setting.

Anyone tear one open and see a wattage rating?
 
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MichiganMadDog said:
My point is to match the ext cabinet working watts to the original 15in working watts so they are working just as hard at any given volume setting.
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Huh ?

Cabs wattage rating has nothing to do with "how hard it works".

They DO NOT draw power from the head, they make use of the power provided by the amp. As long as both the internal load and the external cab are the same impedance, they will share the output equally.

P.S. - the dreaded 1X15/4X10 is a bad option. Looks cool in pictures, but the whole "15's for boom and 10's for punch" is false.
 
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Bass_Pounder said:
Huh ?

Cabs wattage rating has nothing to do with "how hard it works".

They DO NOT draw power from the head, they make use of the power provided by the amp. As long as both the internal load and the external cab are the same impedance, they will share the output equally.

P.S. - the dreaded 1X15/4X10 is a bad option. Looks cool in pictures, but the whole "15's for boom and 10's for punch" is false.
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If you run a 250 watt speaker with 200 watts and a 500 watt speaker at 200 watts, the 250 will be a lot louder.
 
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You can run those together and you won't hurt anything.
But the 15 won't add much to the 4x10 Except height.

According to your wattage handling logic, you should be shopping for a 4x10 rated at 100 watts or less, so that it will be really really loud. Makes no sense.
 
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morgansterne said:
You can run those together and you won't hurt anything.
But the 15 won't add much to the 4x10 Except height.

According to your wattage handling logic, you should be shopping for a 4x10 rated at 100 watts or less, so that it will be really really loud. Makes no sense.
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I'll try to explain,.. got an amp putting out 200 watts and a 200 watt speaker,... hook-up a 50 watt speaker and it will be screaming for a while, till it burns-up! 10 watts in a 500 watt speaker, hardly hear it,... takes power to move it.

Real life test, my combo amp with 8 ohm Hartke 2-10 ext cabinet,... sounded good together but the hartke was doing most of the work and the 15in had a lot of room yet, Hartke was actually get floppy sounding. There you have it. I'm guessing the Hartke cab was 200watt and the Peavey speaker is 350 watt. Where am I wrong,... I'll tell these speakers they can't be doing that!
 
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morgansterne said:
You can run those together and you won't hurt anything.
But the 15 won't add much to the 4x10 Except height.

According to your wattage handling logic, you should be shopping for a 4x10 rated at 100 watts or less, so that it will be really really loud. Makes no sense.
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Drivers with low power rating tend to be more efficient. So indeed if 10" drivers with 1.5" VC are compared with drivers with 3" VC it's addequate to expect "more noise" with the low wattage drivers by default.
 
#19
I'd not suggest to have 15" driver/cab on top and 410 at the bottom.

The "overload theorem" for the 15" driver is nice (nice as usual). It makes me wonder how the 15 driver shall be overpowered if getting considerable less power in combination with 410?
Ok, if I understand right then there is danger of frying due to underpowering :roflmao:
 
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MichiganMadDog said:
What you said just supported my statement, the lower wattage cab will be louder!
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No, Some 500 watt cabs are louder then the 350.
You missed the next line I said,
S-Bigbottom said:
Even with 2 cabs that are 300 watts each, one can be significantly louder then the other.
It is the efficiency of the speakers and cab, not the watts.
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We are not trying to attack you, just inform you. Not all 210's with the same watts rating will be the same with their volume or frequency response.
 

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