how's the peavey minimax?

You will need a 4 ohm cab in order to get all 500 watts from the amp. If you have an 8 ohm cab, best it can do is around 200-250 watts.

 

I had the MiniMax for a while and sort of liked it. I was expecting the traditional growly 80's Peavey sound I was used to. But according to Bbbybld Peavey decided to change out the sound and make it more "modern" sounding. In the process the poor amp lost its character. There are a bunch of TB'ers who own the MiniMax and love it. I also ended sending it back because it had a very loud fan, and I bought it for practice in a small house. It was very heavy for the size, actually heavier than my GK MB500, and I liked the tone on the MB500 more-- it was more traditional like the Peavey sound of the 80's I love.

Having said that, I think they fixed the fan issue and I'm tempted to try it again. I just bought a small Peavey speaker cube and it sounds incredible for the size, and the quality is impeccable. My vote-- give it a try. Try it in the store, or buy one online with a return guarantee policy. It certainly is a lot of bang for the buck.

 

The amp hasn't been changed, tonally, since release so it's character is what it is. What you expected or wanted from it may have been wishful thinking/hoping.

 

The power handling of the cab has nothing to do with it.

 

According to BobbyBld the 900 watt 212 is only good for about 600 and the 800 watt 410 only 350-400 RMS.

 

I love mine. I used it last weekend. I have no issues with reaching any volume I need.

 

For the most part yes, but saying 'any cab' can work with 'any amp' is probably not a wise assumption to make.

In this case, the MiniMax will drive a 4 ohm load, or an 8 ohm load. So it will drive any number of cabinets as long as the resulting load is 4 ohms or 8 ohms.

 

As long as each cab is 8 ohms, it will be fine. Both 8 ohm cabs in parallel would be 4 ohms.

 

I use mine with a 600watt rms Marshall 410 @4ohm and it loves it, takes pedals incredibly well one of my favourite amps. Has great tone I know people complain about the fan but to u won't notice when playing if u record same deal or if your super worried use the di

 

Parallel refers to how the cabs are connected. It is possible to wire a pair of cabs in series then two 8 ohm cabs would be 16 ohms. Normal connections from amp to speaker put them in parallel.

 

Possible, but not without a special cable or box. It can't be done with ordinary speaker cables. For the OP - "daisy chaining" cabs does not put them in series. It is electrically equivalent to running each cab from its own output on the amp.

 

In this case "parallel" is an electrical term...not a reference to physical placement of the cabinets.