Members Hoot Owl Posted April 30, 2021 Members Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) Here's what I have: One 2x12 with two 16-ohm speakers, wired parallel for 8 ohms. Two 1x12's, each with 16 ohm speakers. How do I hook these up for 16 ohms out at the amp? 8 ohms total out would be a second choice. The two 1x12's I'd like to link together via plug-in cable, so there is just one cable coming to them from the amp. This would require one cab to have an In-Out jack plate that I'm not familiar with. Do they exist? Amp has two speaker outs and 4-8-16 ohm selector. To get to 16 ohms out at the amp (since the 2x12 is 8 ohms), the total of the 1x12's would also have to be 8 (so, wired parallel), then the 2x12 and 1x12 combination would have to be series. Is that possible? How do you cable in series? Can you? Or, any better ideas? I want the whole setup to be like a 16 ohm 4x12. The reason is, recently I heard a amp company rep (I want to say Dr. Z himself, but don't quote me on that) say it was best to use the highest ohm tap of your transformer, so you're using the whole transformer - not sure what that means exactly, but I figured, hey, if I'm doing this I might as well do it per that. I think it's because transformers using all the windings at full ohms while progressively less for less ohms. I got this off the Celestion site, not that it answers my question: There are two ways you can wire a 4×12 (or 4×10 for that matter), the main one is Series/Parallel: 4 X 8 Ohm Speaker = 8 Ohm Load; 4 X 16 Ohm Speaker = 16 Ohm Load Let me simplify: One 8 ohm 2x12 AND two 16 ohm 1x12's, all coming out of two jacks on the amp - one to the 2x12, one to the 1x12's - with amp set for 16 ohms. Edited April 30, 2021 by Hoot Owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoot Owl Posted May 10, 2021 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Eureka, I've found it. None of you peeps had a clue and I'm back to give you a heads up. This thing can combine two cabinets in either series or parallel. Problem solved. Palmer CAB M | Signal Splitter & Switcher | Palmer (palmer-germany.com) $50 Edited May 10, 2021 by Hoot Owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoot Owl Posted May 10, 2021 Author Members Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Here's another type. Amazon.com: Radial Cab-Link Speaker Cabinet Combiner: Musical Instruments $100 Edited May 10, 2021 by Hoot Owl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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