Members trashbeast Posted February 15, 2013 Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 Hey guys, I have a Valveking 212 100W Combo, as well as a 16Ohm, 4x16 cab with celestion g75's. The combo runs at 8ohms if you're just using the built-in speakers. Is it possible to run both my built-in speakers, and the cab at the same time? I think it would sound great, but I don't wanna blow anything up. so if I were to run a 8ohm and a 16ohm cab at the same time, which ohm setting would I set the amp to? If it's even safely possible. Thanks in advance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Viesczy Posted February 15, 2013 Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 If the speaker outs say that they're in parallel, 8 ohms & 16 ohms results in a load of approx 5.4 ohms. If you were going to run that setup and if it is in parallel, you'd want to go with 4 ohms as that should be a safe mismatch as the ohm load is @ 5.4 and amp is set to 4 ohms.I dunno how the speaker outputs are set on the amp, you'll need to confirm that. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted February 15, 2013 Members Share Posted February 15, 2013 8 ohms will be the safest setting. But i think you'll be disappointed with the result because of an uneven power load. The 8-ohm internal load will seemed twice as loud as the 16-ohm speaker cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Viesczy Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Wyatt wrote: 8 ohms will be the safest setting. But i think you'll be disappointed with the result because of an uneven power load. The 8-ohm internal load will seemed twice as loud as the 16-ohm speaker cabinet. That's wrong , if he's running the amp @ 8 ohms he has 50% of blowing the amp. If he runs it @ 4 ohms he's safe regardless of series or parallel. Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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