Members ShredR Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Ok I recently bought a 120 watt tube amp its my first so I am not clear on exactly how I am supposed to hook it up to the cab so that the impedance and ohms match. I have a 4X12 line 6 cab. The amp has 3 different impedance settings on it in the back 16, 8, 4. I have it on 4 right now and I'm not sure if I connected everything right. I played it and it sounds fine but I want to make sure its hooked up correctly so it doesn't damage the amp in the future. This is the amp [ATTACH=CONFIG]333667[/ATTACH] This is the cab [ATTACH=CONFIG]333668[/ATTACH] I hooked the amp with two speaker cables to the cab left and right. So did I do everything correct or should I change something Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Funny, i cant see a mono setting on the cab other then the 4 ohm one half hidden in the pic. But that seems correct to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShredR Posted April 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yea that is the mono jack for 4 ohms, is it better to hook it up to mono or stereo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sled Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Set the Amp to 4 ohms Run one speaker cable from the amp's speaker out to the cab's 4 ohm mono jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gt_jumper Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Yea that is the mono jack for 4 ohms, is it better to hook it up to mono or stereo? dunno, i always use mono, what brand of cab is that? not a Bugera is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShredR Posted April 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 the cab is line 6 4x12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mamberg Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 you have it hooked up correctly, but you aren't really gaining anything by using two speaker cables. You are really running each 8 ohm 1/2 of the cab with a separate speaker cable, which, since your amp is not stereo is a 4 ohm load on the amp. Running one cable from the amp to the mono 4 ohm input on the speaker would be the same load/hook-up. You are using speaker cables, not intrument cables, right? Edit: never mind, I see you said speaker cables, and can tell they are from the amp pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members charveldan Posted April 3, 2011 Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Set the amp to 4 ohms, plug ONE cable into the 4 ohm MONO jack of the cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ShredR Posted April 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 3, 2011 Set the Amp to 4 ohmsRun one speaker cable from the amp's speaker out to the cab's 4 ohm mono jack. Ok thanks I did exactly that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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