Important general speaker question

[StarchMan]

I have two cabs going from one head, at a total of 4Ohms. Now on the back of each cab is a 1+ or 1- or something input. Which one do you put each cable in from the head? Never really understood the purpose of those separate inputs.

 

[Eric Moesle]

+1 is the positive, -1 is the negative.

 

[StarchMan]

Yes, but what does that man. What relevance does that have to the head?

 

[Petebass]

I....... 4Ohms. .

every time someone writes it without a space between the 4 and the Ohms, my brain always reads it as 40 Ohms for a split second.

Now my guess is that they're speakon connectors on the cabs? If so, the + and - are just labeling 4 poles. 2 of them are doing nothing, the one next to the + is posivive, and one next to the - is negative. Chances are it's just there so service guys know which is which, or in case you feel like making up a cable yourself.

 

[Spanky]

I have two cabs going from one head, at a total of 4Ohms. Now on the back of each cab is a 1+ or 1- or something input. Which one do you put each cable in from the head? Never really understood the purpose of those separate inputs.

Sounds like a Speakon cable input alright, and just as previously stated...they are designed for a certain polarity to be observed.