Concern about CR120H with a Randall cabinet
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 6:38 pm
I'm curious on what the official technical opinion on this would be. I used to have a Randall cabinet that I loved. It was from their XL line and had 2 12" speakers and 1 15" speaker in it. I happened to stumble across someone selling one locally. They don't make these anymore. I want to get it but I'm worried that it may mess up the CR120H. I don't know how true this is because I simply got this information from a Randall group on Facebook, but I was told that Randall stopped making these cabinets because they were causing some heads to fry. The reason I was given:
"They blow up amp heads. They don't have a very regular ohm load and unless its an amp with a lot flex in the ohm factor they blow up. The Xl series 2x12 1x15 cab (thats what I have) is like a 6 ohm load. (rounded off I think when I tested it. it was like 5.6 ohms) if your amps transformer can't handle that it will blow something."
If I recall, the cabinet was listed as being 8 ohm but apparently tests a little lower. Do you think this would mess up my CR120H if I use it?
"They blow up amp heads. They don't have a very regular ohm load and unless its an amp with a lot flex in the ohm factor they blow up. The Xl series 2x12 1x15 cab (thats what I have) is like a 6 ohm load. (rounded off I think when I tested it. it was like 5.6 ohms) if your amps transformer can't handle that it will blow something."
If I recall, the cabinet was listed as being 8 ohm but apparently tests a little lower. Do you think this would mess up my CR120H if I use it?