Gear Question: 4 ohm head to 16ohm cab...[views:3019][posts:8]__________________________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:14am - the taste of cigarettes ""] ...how do I get this shit louder?? is there such thing as an "impedence converter" or a way to juice the signal up to make it push the cab better? |
| __________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:23am - Kalopsia ""] get a new cabinet is the easiest solution. i think there might be impedence converters, but i'm not certain. but definately your best bet is to get a 4 ohm cabinet. |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:37am - the taste of cigarettes ""] yeha I hear that. I've been trying but nothing seems to be 4 ohm anymore. Any recommendations? I want one of those vipers or some shit. Right now I run the Ampeg for tone, and at full volume it's ok, but man it can't even come close to the Behringer that's 8ohms...clearly louder. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:42am - handinjury ""] Or you can get 3 more 16 ohm cabs(crate,&peavy cabs run @16ohms), and that will bring it to 4 ohms. That will be sick, 16 12" speakers. Do you guys got a big van? |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:43am - the taste of cigarettes ""] hahahah I am so glad you asked that. we just bought a fucking sick van and installed a loft bed so we can put equipment under it. wanna see pics once we get them uploaded? I'm eager to show it to someone outside the band :P |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:47am - handinjury ""] the taste of cigarettes said:yeha I hear that. I've been trying but nothing seems to be 4 ohm anymore. Any recommendations? I want one of those vipers or some shit. Right now I run the Ampeg for tone, and at full volume it's ok, but man it can't even come close to the Behringer that's 8ohms...clearly louder. Dude get a marshall 1960 cab($580) it runs 16/8/4 ohms, its got gt75's celestions, you cant go wrong with celestions. Or get the sun 4X12 its got the same speakers as the marshall but sells for $100 cheaper than the marshall!!! (but it only runs 16/4 ohms.) |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 2:49am - the taste of cigarettes ""] oooh I've seen SUNs in action and they sounded great...Breather / Resist used them on tour. Who is Sun? I don't know much about them. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 3:07am - handinjury ""] Sun is either owned or was bought by fender corp. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 19,2004 4:32am - niccolai ""] Like next to every gear company. SUNN amps are extreemly warm sounding, very vintage, a 15 watt practice amp weighs like 60 lbs. they are tanks. weak crossovers though, learn to solder if your going to buy one. 4 ohm cabs have more volume, but they don't push as much air at as fast a rate as an 8 or 16. Experiment with different cab construction to see wich projective box works best for your sound. experiment with different types of speakers. |