Two cabs from one output?

[velvetkevorkian]

Has anyone ever done this? I've done it with hifi speakers with binding posts (just twisting the speaker cables together at the end) but would it be possible to do something similar with 1/4" plugs? I guess you'd have to split the speaker cable in two which doesn't sound like the best idea to my untrained eye (to mix my metaphors).

Cheers
Kyle

 

[Gothax]

You could daisy-chain the cabs

Amp -> speakercable -> cab -> speakercable -> cab

 

[Nighttrain1127]

If you are talking about using HiFi cabs the if you use banana plugs from the output into one cab you can usually stack a second set of plugs into the back of the first set of plugs and run 2 cabs that way just make sure you are not dropping the impedance load below tha minimum for the amp. If you are talking about bass cabs Just daisy chain them.

 

[velvetkevorkian]

Does daisy chaining work in parallel? I thought it put the cabs in series.

Talking about bass cabs BTW, although I did at one point have a "hi-fi of doom"- bi-amped (kinda) with way more speakers than I needed.

 

[Nighttrain1127]

Procables and Sound makes cable that will run the cabs oposite of if you were daisy chaining them to add impedance instead of halving it Check their site procablesandsound.com

 

[velvetkevorkian]

Just let me get this straight- daisy chaining 2 cabs will normally put them in parallel, and NOT in series? I want as little resistance as possible- I was just under the impression that daisy chaining put them in series.

Thanks for your answers.

 

[Rattman]

Just let me get this straight- daisy chaining 2 cabs will normally put them in parallel, and NOT in series? I want as little resistance as possible- I was just under the impression that daisy chaining put them in series.

Thanks for your answers.

Hmmm... TWO cabs, running off of ONE output jack? I'm gonna have to go with your impression and also agree that the 'series' remark is correct. The load will double (assuming both cabs are the SAME impedence w/daisy-chain loading)if I'm reading this story the right way.

I know for a fact, that when you do phones this way, the voltage that 'rings down' the bell or ringer will get "loaded" and fail to function at all when the 'ring down' perameters have been exceeded.

 

[Richard Lindsey]

Just let me get this straight- daisy chaining 2 cabs will normally put them in parallel, and NOT in series? I want as little resistance as possible- I was just under the impression that daisy chaining put them in series.

Thanks for your answers.

No, for the vast majority of cabs out there, it's a parallel connection. NOT series. Intuitively, that might seem wrong, but it's true.

 

[velvetkevorkian]

Excellent. That makes life much easier. Cheers guys