Help With Cabinet Selection

[Moreno_IV]

Alright, I'm putting together a new rig and I need some help with something. I'm running my bass through a tube preamp into a Behringer EP1500 power amp.

Now here's my question. I already have a 4 ohm 15" speaker cabinet and I'm planning on adding a 4x10 to go with it. However, I don't know if I need to get a 4 ohm or an 8 ohm 4x10.

Should I run the power amp in mono-bridge mode and daisy chain the cabinets or should I just run the amp in parallel and have two 4 ohm cabinets? I would probably have to replace the 4 ohm speaker in the 15" cabinet with an 8 ohm in order to daisy chain them, or I could just run them in parallel and buy a 4 ohm 4x10.

What do y'all think?

 

[Moreno_IV]

Anyone?

 

[62bass]

Alright, I'm putting together a new rig and I need some help with something. I'm running my bass through a tube preamp into a Behringer EP1500 power amp.

Now here's my question. I already have a 4 ohm 15" speaker cabinet and I'm planning on adding a 4x10 to go with it. However, I don't know if I need to get a 4 ohm or an 8 ohm 4x10.

Should I run the power amp in mono-bridge mode and daisy chain the cabinets or should I just run the amp in parallel and have two 4 ohm cabinets? I would probably have to replace the 4 ohm speaker in the 15" cabinet with an 8 ohm in order to daisy chain them, or I could just run them in parallel and buy a 4 ohm 4x10.

What do y'all think?

I don't know, but your amp probably won't be able to operate below 4 ohms in bridged mono, so running the 8 ohm and a 4 ohm cabinet in parallel (daisy chaining) is out of the question. Better run it in stereo. In other words, one cabinet per channel. If you can replace the 4 ohm speaker with an 8 ohm one of equal specifications, and your amp will operate in bridged mono safely at 4 ohms, then you can do it.