Mr. Foxen

[quote name='Grambo' post='807751' date='Apr 15 2010, 10:28 PM']It means that more surface area moves more air - four 10" speakers will obviously have an advantage over two 10" speakers due to their surface area, though they absorb more "power", they offer less resistance to the amp. Speakers don't have "power" as such - they react to the amount of energy fed to them, which they handle according to the limitations of their electrical capability (power handling - so the coils don't melt) and the amount of physical movement they are capable of generating in the air. To put it (over) simply - the amp will generate it's output according to how much it has to work. Two 8 Ohm cabs will give it a resistance of 4 Ohms to work with, which makes it work better. I don't think it is particularly helpful to worry about which cab is absorbing more power - if one is less electrically efficient than another as a result of the particular way they are configured then so be it, that's life! We haven't even touched on wiring schemes (series/parallel etc.) - it makes my brain hurt :wacko: Who started this anyway.......[/quote] The problem is each cab receives the same power due to the same impedance (not resistance), but the one with 4 speakers spreads it over all 4, whereas the other only to two. So the two will be reaching their excursion limit at half the power of the 4x10. The 4x10 will be louder due to better coupling with the air, and possibly drown out the sound of the protesting 2x10, risking a breakage. Better having a 16ohm 2x10, making a 6x10 with all speakers working the same, at 5.3 ohm, or two cabs the same.

Actually, I'm at work tomorrow afternoon, unless I walk out, so it's a no-go.

[quote name='Conan' post='807665' date='Apr 15 2010, 09:21 PM']Is that a bad thing? Or does it just mean that the two cabs will sound slightly different as the speakers are moving further in the 2x10 than they are in the 4x10?[/quote] Well, the 2x10 will start to clip when the 4x10 is cruising, so you limit your clean power to twice that of the 2x10. Effectively, you are lugging 2 extra speakers for no gain, and don't have the recommended vertical stack option.

They aren't great, Rikkaxxe is run by one of the bad sort of music shop guys, who looks down on customers and basically has a shop to house his collection. Across the bear pit with the bad buskers from there is Mickleburgh and that is ok, downstairs is the electric instruments and a guy who calls you 'dude' in the least convincing way ever. Then down the road is the House of Bass, where you should come so I can try and sell you my stuff.

[quote name='Grambo' post='807561' date='Apr 15 2010, 08:08 PM']+1 I run an EVO III 500 with 1X ABM 210T which is great for practice, 1X 410T which is good for most mid sized venues, and both cabs if I want to get stupidly loud! The cabs are 8 Ohm each, so running both not only moves a great deal of air, but drives the amp at maximum output. I find the setup does everything I want [/quote] Does mean one of your cabs is running at half power though.

[quote name='muddymesser' post='806742' date='Apr 15 2010, 12:12 AM']theres no chance i'll sell my car its going to be a while before i end up on stage believe me its mostly to make sure the bass works when plugged in [/quote] Should be enough to tell you it works. Don't turn all the knobs up when there is no sound then go looking for the problem. You can break music speakers pretty easily with bass. A dinky practice amp is going to be as cheap as anything else if it comes to buying. If a bass doesn't work when plugged in, it's rarely a huge issue to make it work.

Should be able to chop of the jack and put a new one on from Maplins or wherever, just note which wire is connected where.

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2 minutes in and I realise this is not jazz covers of Sex pistols songs.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='805573' date='Apr 13 2010, 11:56 PM']Hmm.... That's in my neck of the woods.[/quote] Probably should go check it out and make a crappy offer. Let me know the crappy offer and I'll send an insultingly lower one first, so they feel like they're scoring a good deal.

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Probably right. Likely something has come loose and is being microphonic.