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OHM ?

#3
Bim1959 said:
Yes. Set the amp to 2 ohms and daisy chain the cabinets.
If you're only going to use one cabinet set it to 4 ohms.
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This.

By "daisy chain" he means out of the speaker jack into one cab. Out of the first cab into the second. If your amp has two speaker jacks that will work too. (All if these jacks are wired in parallel.)

It seems counter intuitive but parallel connections work sort of "backwards". Two 8 ohm cabs in parallel produce a 4 ohm load. Two 4 ohm cabs make a 2 ohm load, etc. (Way over simplified and not that cut and dry....but you get the point.)

Now, I will take on the controversial subject of mixed drivers and cabinet tunings. Your cabs might sound great together. But they might sound like total garbage together. The best solution to more volume in many cases is two matching cabs. Sometimes, different cabs produce phase cancellation issues. In other words, two cabs can sound WORSE than one.

The point is, try the cabs together with your head before you buy. They might sound glorious together. They might sound like crap. More speakers isn't automatically better.
 
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#4
agree with @two fingers. However, I would not pair two 410HLFs together. That would be a boomy, boomy mess. If you're thinking you need more volume, or perceived volume, go with two 410HEs or two 210's/212s stacked vertically. Not sure a set of 410HLF and 212 would garner the results you're looking for. The watts of these cabs are different, therefore you'll be pushing one with full power, and the other not all full power.

Be careful...you're going down the road of mixed speaker sizes. This will generate a fairly heated discussion from the forum.
 

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