Members chinmie Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 HelloI've bought an used crate vintage club 20 combo amp recently (no Manual), and I was wondering, can I use the amp's output into an 8 ohm cabinet? (the line out says 16 ohm, the internal speaker also have the same rating). if its not safe, is there a way to connect them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 17 Tubes Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 I don't have that particular amp...maybe someone who does can chime in.. It sounds odd that a combo would have a 16 ohm output. Just to be clear: Generally a "line out" is a non-powered signal. You could, for the sake of clarity, say "speaker output". I think it is accepted that you can go from an 8 ohm speaker output to a 4 ohm cab with low risk, but not vice versa. So higher to lower? Someone correct me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 Originally posted by chinmie HelloI've bought an used crate vintage club 20 combo amp recently (no Manual), and I was wondering, can I use the amp's output into an 8 ohm cabinet? (the line out says 16 ohm, the internal speaker also have the same rating). if its not safe, is there a way to connect them? A line out is not powered and will give you nothing. You want to use a speaker out. And I would certainly stick with what the amp is designed for. You'd be flirting with an opened up tranny otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rawchannel Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 Is the speaker hard wired to the amp? Or does it have a 1/4" running into a jack on the chassis. You can run a lower impedence into a higher impedence. 8ohm into 16ohm4ohm into 8ohmetc. the other way = melty goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flying_high Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 other way around i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 5, 2006 Members Share Posted July 5, 2006 Shouldn't do either on a budget amp with a small tranny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chinmie Posted July 7, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2006 my mistake 17 tubes, it's the ext. speaker out, just like you said. it also has a headphone out jack. this amp is a tube based 12 inch combo, similar to a fender blues junior.. the speaker is wired to the amp. so I guess it's not safe to connect them? is there another way to do it? Another question guys: can I use the headphone out to go direct to P.A mixer? or will I damage the amp also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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