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- Tiny Terror
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Hey,
I have an orange AD30HTC and 2 8 ohm avatar cabs.
I was wondering if i could hook them together. I'm not sure if i use
a seperate speaker cable and hook each cab seperately to my amp,
or daisy chain them. Is there a difference? and which cable should go where
since my amp head has 2 8 ohm jacks and 1 16 ohm jack. Please help me out.
Thanks a lot!
I have an orange AD30HTC and 2 8 ohm avatar cabs.
I was wondering if i could hook them together. I'm not sure if i use
a seperate speaker cable and hook each cab seperately to my amp,
or daisy chain them. Is there a difference? and which cable should go where
since my amp head has 2 8 ohm jacks and 1 16 ohm jack. Please help me out.
Thanks a lot!
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- Orange Master
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- Orange Master
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Simon Wicks</i>
<br />I would of thought that you plug into the two 8 ohm sockets but it should tell you in the manual how to do it. Hopefully someone with that amp will let you know for sure.
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I don't understand what you are trying to say with this post.
Both his cabs are 8 ohm cabs. The amp has two 8 ohm taps and one 16.
<br />I would of thought that you plug into the two 8 ohm sockets but it should tell you in the manual how to do it. Hopefully someone with that amp will let you know for sure.
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I don't understand what you are trying to say with this post.
Both his cabs are 8 ohm cabs. The amp has two 8 ohm taps and one 16.
David
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I'm speaking out of my a$$. Yours might differ.
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- Orange Master
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Orphin</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Simon Wicks</i>
<br />I would of thought that you plug into the two 8 ohm sockets but it should tell you in the manual how to do it. Hopefully someone with that amp will let you know for sure.
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I don't understand what you are trying to say with this post.
Both his cabs are 8 ohm cabs. The amp has two 8 ohm taps and one 16.
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Simon just probably doesn't know that both jacks are parallel off of the 8-ohm tap on the OT, so it's for running two 16-ohm cabs, not two 8-ohm cabs.
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Simon Wicks</i>
<br />I would of thought that you plug into the two 8 ohm sockets but it should tell you in the manual how to do it. Hopefully someone with that amp will let you know for sure.
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I don't understand what you are trying to say with this post.
Both his cabs are 8 ohm cabs. The amp has two 8 ohm taps and one 16.
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Simon just probably doesn't know that both jacks are parallel off of the 8-ohm tap on the OT, so it's for running two 16-ohm cabs, not two 8-ohm cabs.
'74 Orange OR120 w/Contemporary Avatar 4x12 V30s
'04 Orange AD30 w/Traditional Avatar 2x12 w/G12H30s
http://www.jooniorstudios.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismathewsjr/
'04 Orange AD30 w/Traditional Avatar 2x12 w/G12H30s
http://www.jooniorstudios.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismathewsjr/
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- Tiny Terror
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Is there any way to convert an 8 ohm cab to a 16 ohm cab?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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Unfortunately not. You have to swap the speakers.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">And what is the difference between 8 ohm and 16 ohm?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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I can't give you the technical explanation for this, but it has to do with resistance.
You have to balance it. The output transformer in the amp want to see that it gets the correct load, unless it's not working properly and might even go if you're unlucky.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Is there a difference sonically or something?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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If you mismatch impedance you will notice how the tone changes. You'll lose attack and liveliness. Everything turns to mud IMO.
It's not recommended to do this for your OT's safety, it might get expensive.
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Unfortunately not. You have to swap the speakers.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">And what is the difference between 8 ohm and 16 ohm?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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I can't give you the technical explanation for this, but it has to do with resistance.
You have to balance it. The output transformer in the amp want to see that it gets the correct load, unless it's not working properly and might even go if you're unlucky.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Is there a difference sonically or something?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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If you mismatch impedance you will notice how the tone changes. You'll lose attack and liveliness. Everything turns to mud IMO.
It's not recommended to do this for your OT's safety, it might get expensive.
David
I'm speaking out of my a$$. Yours might differ.
I'm speaking out of my a$$. Yours might differ.
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- Orange Master
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Simon Wicks</i>
<br />Its strange to me as Orange have changed the way they hook up cabs to the way everyone else does it. I guess its to save an impedance selector. Normally you have two speaker jacks. Two 8ohms in parallel would give you 4 ohms so you select the 4 ohm tap. Thats how its always been done...
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My guess is it is because they want you to buy Orange 16-ohm cabs.
<br />Its strange to me as Orange have changed the way they hook up cabs to the way everyone else does it. I guess its to save an impedance selector. Normally you have two speaker jacks. Two 8ohms in parallel would give you 4 ohms so you select the 4 ohm tap. Thats how its always been done...
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My guess is it is because they want you to buy Orange 16-ohm cabs.
'74 Orange OR120 w/Contemporary Avatar 4x12 V30s
'04 Orange AD30 w/Traditional Avatar 2x12 w/G12H30s
http://www.jooniorstudios.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismathewsjr/
'04 Orange AD30 w/Traditional Avatar 2x12 w/G12H30s
http://www.jooniorstudios.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/chrismathewsjr/
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I guess its to save an impedance selector<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
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I like the way Matamp does it. Three outputs, 4, 8 and 16. If you want to use two cabs you daisy chain. No impedance selector needed.
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I like the way Matamp does it. Three outputs, 4, 8 and 16. If you want to use two cabs you daisy chain. No impedance selector needed.
David
I'm speaking out of my a$$. Yours might differ.
I'm speaking out of my a$$. Yours might differ.
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by thankyouforlistening</i>
<br />Hey,
I have an orange AD30HTC and 2 8 ohm avatar cabs.
I was wondering if i could hook them together. I'm not sure if i use
a seperate speaker cable and hook each cab seperately to my amp,
or daisy chain them. Is there a difference? and which cable should go where
since my amp head has 2 8 ohm jacks and 1 16 ohm jack. Please help me out.
Thanks a lot!
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You need to make a special magical mystery cable that allows you to hook the two cabs in series:
Plug one jack into the 16 ohm output on your amp and the other two into your cabs. No big deal really... and no need to re-wire the cabinets.
<br />Hey,
I have an orange AD30HTC and 2 8 ohm avatar cabs.
I was wondering if i could hook them together. I'm not sure if i use
a seperate speaker cable and hook each cab seperately to my amp,
or daisy chain them. Is there a difference? and which cable should go where
since my amp head has 2 8 ohm jacks and 1 16 ohm jack. Please help me out.
Thanks a lot!
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
You need to make a special magical mystery cable that allows you to hook the two cabs in series:
Plug one jack into the 16 ohm output on your amp and the other two into your cabs. No big deal really... and no need to re-wire the cabinets.
Slick Willy
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