quck question.

[Entwistle]

i was at a sale at a guitar shop today and saw a bargain on a new genz benz LS 210t cab. so i grabbed it.
my question is, is it safe to run my ashdown abm500 through it?
because the cab is only 200 watts.
im not very good with this stuff and i dont want to blow a speaker in it.

thnakyou.

 

[brettf]

if the speaker is 8 ohms... then i assume your heads will give the speaker 250-300 watts, which is probobly fine. If its at 4 ohms, then u might have to be careful. Ive heard someone say "when your overloading your speakers, youll beable to hear it"

 

[JimmyM]

if the speaker is 8 ohms... then i assume your heads will give the speaker 250-300 watts, which is probobly fine. If its at 4 ohms, then u might have to be careful. Ive heard someone say "when your overloading your speakers, youll beable to hear it"

Must have been an idiot who said that. Yeah, you'll be able to hear it...hear it blow the speakers.

You can run your head into that cab, but you will need to be very careful and not give it more volume than it can handle. Back off of it immediately if you hear any sounds like it's going to blow, because it will.

 

[Entwistle]

yer its 8 ohms.
so you guys reckon it will only sort of work at practice level?

 

[brettf]

ah glad that myth was busted, sorry folks

 

[JimmyM]

yer its 8 ohms.
so you guys reckon it will only sort of work at practice level?

Depends on what you consider practice level vs. performance level. 200w worth of power is a fairly sizable amount of volume in a 210. But if you're playing really loud hard rock, it might be pushing it.

 

[Entwistle]

ah ok. well ill see how it goes. thanks heaps for your help

 

[hasbeen]

Jimmy speaks the truth. I run a 1200 watt into a 600 watt cab all the time...without issue. But, I'm careful.

The thing is though, if it were a 500 watt amp into a 1000 watt cab, you can still blow a speaker if you're not careful.

So in the end, exercise some "reasonableness".

 

[will33]

Just listen to your speakers, if they begin to sound distorted, farty, stressed just back off, that's all. Your amp isn't putting out it's max power unless it's cranked.

 

[qtowens]

hmm... I always wondered what a quck question was like... hehe

 

[Entwistle]

thats how a kiwi would say it