Members Emerica167852 Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 how many watts of a cabinet would be the minimum for use with a 50 watt tube head??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cibyl Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Well -- since your head is rated at 50 watts it would make sense that the minimum power handling for the cab you'd be running into would have to be 50 watts,...right? There ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knope Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 u NEED 2 4x12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 I'd probably go with 60 just to have a bit of a buffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Wattage doesn't really matter. People use 25 watt greenbacks with 100 watt heads all the time. It depends if you want speaker distortion or not. Lower wattage makes it easier to drive the speakers. You can easily play through lower wattage speakers if you don't crank the volume to obscene levels. Whats more important is matching up the OHMs correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GCDEF Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 Wattage doesn't really matter. People use 25 watt greenbacks with 100 watt heads all the time. It depends if you want speaker distortion or not. Lower wattage makes it easier to drive the speakers. You can easily play through lower wattage speakers if you don't crank the volume to obscene levels. Whats more important is matching up the OHMs correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted January 25, 2009 Members Share Posted January 25, 2009 how many watts of a cabinet would be the minimum for use with a 50 watt tube head??? Use whatever cab you want, as long as the overall wattage rating of the cab is more than 50 watts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emerica167852 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 yeah all this makes sense of course but all you hear about is that tube is louder than ss. so i just thought that i would wanna get a bigger cab to support the extra volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members crowquill Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 yeah all this makes sense of coursebut all you hear about is that tube is louder than ss. so i just thought that i would wanna get a bigger cab to support the extra volume the difference is mostly just a perceived difference (has to do with the way the waves clip when the amp is distorted). a 50W tube amp will still have an power output of 50W (EDIT: ...while the power section is relatively clean. If you're pushing it into power tube break up it will output slightly more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sixtonoize Posted January 26, 2009 Members Share Posted January 26, 2009 A tube amp can pretty easily put out 50% more power than its rated wattage, so if you're really looking to be safe, I'd recommend a cab that can handle 75 watts. Or course, it all depends on how far you intend on pushing your amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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