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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.
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.
I see. So any head can work with any cab regardless of the ohm rating of the cab? There was a quote from Peavey's Headliner cabs that combining both their 8 ohm cabs (410 with the 210) turns them to 4 ohm, but only 8 ohm if I were to only use the 410 or the 210 separately or individually.
According to BobbyBld the 900 watt 212 is only good for about 600 and the 800 watt 410 only 350-400 RMS.
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.
What happens if I use two 410's of the Peavey Headliner? Would that be 4 ohm? Could the Minimax handle both 410 cabs?
As long as each cab is 8 ohms, it will be fine. Both 8 ohm cabs in parallel would be 4 ohms.
Is that true with any 8 ohm cabs regardless of how many speakers it has? Let's say if I stack two 210 8 ohm cabs in parallel, that becomes 4 ohms? When you say parallel does that mean side by side parallel or on top of each other?
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.
That's good to know but are you saying some amps are sometimes funny when using a bass effect pedal running through it? I sometimes wonder if I should just get a full range flat response (FRFR) speakers since those things will pretty much take anything in as I am more of a bass and guitar synth effect pedal kind of person. I own a BOSS SY-300 guitar synthesizer pedal, which can be used for bass guitar as well.
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.
is what you're saying then totaling four 210 cabs connected with each other to be 16 ohms? I'm confused now.
So simply connecting a pair of 210 8 ohm cabs makes them 4 ohms, doesn't matter how they are stacked together? I thought parallel meant they needed to be stacked together either side by side or on top of one another? Are you saying parallel in terms of connecting cabs has nothing to do with that at all? So I can actually have a pair of 210s each placed far right and far left?
So simply connecting a pair of 210 8 ohm cabs makes them 4 ohms, doesn't matter how they are stacked together? I thought parallel meant they needed to be stacked together either side by side or on top of one another? Are you saying parallel in terms of connecting cabs has nothing to do with that at all? So I can actually have a pair of 210s each placed far right and far left?
