Running 8 & 16 ohm speakers?

[reneisgod]

Could i run a 4x12 cab wired in an X pattern

2x g12-75 (rated @ 16 ohm)
2x g12 k100 (rated @ 8 ohm)

with the amp set @ 8 ohm obviously.

is this safe?

Cheers

 

[egan.]

It depends on the amp and how you wire them. You are more than likely going to end up with a volume differential between the two types of speakers though.

 

[Damage, Inc.]

If you wire the cab series/parallel, you'll end up with a total impedance of 12 ohms, so you want to use the 8 ohm setting. Egan is right, though, your 8 ohm speakers will be much louder than the 16 ohm ones. It's much better to have 4 speakers with the same impedance.

 

[lolzgreg]

I wouldn't do it. Leave it at that.