As you can tell, I dont understand much about what wattage and ohms match up. IF someone could give me a quick explanation it would be great. I was wondering if an SLA-1 power amp (http://www.guitarcenter.com/ART-SLA1-Studio-Power-Amplifier-105308027-i1145962.gc?esid=sla1) would work with my old Ampeg 4x12 stereo cab, 200 watts, 16 ohm impedance.
Will this power amp work with this cab?
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I don't think so, the ohms don't match for a start.
Have a look at the Rocktron Velocity 300, if you go to page 9 @ http://www.rocktron.com/support/manuals/Velocity300ManualNew.pdf you can see that you can run it into a 16 ohm cab stereo at 37.5W each speaker ( I believe ). EDIT: Or even bridged in mono.
I really don't know too much about cabs/ohms with power-amps, I just like to match them lol.
Have a look at the Rocktron Velocity 300, if you go to page 9 @ http://www.rocktron.com/support/manuals/Velocity300ManualNew.pdf you can see that you can run it into a 16 ohm cab stereo at 37.5W each speaker ( I believe ). EDIT: Or even bridged in mono.
I really don't know too much about cabs/ohms with power-amps, I just like to match them lol.
Nah I wouldn't go for that one. Get one with tubes made for a guitar rig, or if you're going the emuation route via something like a digital preamp (AxeFX or a POD for example), get a solid state amp that's tailored for a guitar setup rather than a PA or monitor setup. If you had a higher wattage cab I'd say the one you picked might work, but you are def cutting it close, not to mention the ohm rating not matching. I have one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEAVEY-CLAS...321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cffe4d8f1
Main point is that you don't want to exceed the wattage rating on the cab or when you crank it at a high volume it could blow the speakers. Even if it's the same wattage rating it's still in the danger zone ime. With high gain high volume I'd be more comfortable with a nice buffer of power handling on the speakers. Also good to match the ohms ratings as well, although I get more confiused with that, luckily my power amp switches between all three common ohm ratings and both my power amp and cab have stereo and mono switching. Hope that helped, haha.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PEAVEY-CLAS...321?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cffe4d8f1
Main point is that you don't want to exceed the wattage rating on the cab or when you crank it at a high volume it could blow the speakers. Even if it's the same wattage rating it's still in the danger zone ime. With high gain high volume I'd be more comfortable with a nice buffer of power handling on the speakers. Also good to match the ohms ratings as well, although I get more confiused with that, luckily my power amp switches between all three common ohm ratings and both my power amp and cab have stereo and mono switching. Hope that helped, haha.
