BassJase Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Howdy y'all, Just wondering if anyone can help me with a query i have.... I recently bought a Peavey T-Maxx 2x10 combo amp (it was sat from new in our local music shop for about 3/4 years, and they recently closed down and i got it for £180.... ) and i'll be gigging it this weekend. The thing is that i'm playing it at a venue i've never been to before, so i want to take along another extension cab in case a bit more welly is needed. The extension speaker socket on the back says "mimimum 2 ohms." Now, does that mean i'd need a 2ohm cab, or a 4ohm or a 8ohm can to make it reach its full welly? The whole ohm thing confuses me at the best of times...! Many thanks for any help, -Jase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) [quote name='BassJase' post='136842' date='Feb 8 2008, 08:40 PM']Howdy y'all, Just wondering if anyone can help me with a query i have.... I recently bought a Peavey T-Maxx 2x10 combo amp (it was sat from new in our local music shop for about 3/4 years, and they recently closed down and i got it for £180.... ) and i'll be gigging it this weekend. The thing is that i'm playing it at a venue i've never been to before, so i want to take along another extension cab in case a bit more welly is needed. The extension speaker socket on the back says "mimimum 2 ohms." Now, does that mean i'd need a 2ohm cab, or a 4ohm or a 8ohm can to make it reach its full welly? The whole ohm thing confuses me at the best of times...! Many thanks for any help, -Jase.[/quote] IIRC the internal combo drivers are combined to present a 4 ohm load to the amp, so to get the maxx (sic) from it, you'd need a 4 ohm ext cab. If you put an 8ohm one on you won't do any harm and the extra drivers will give you more perceived volume regardless of the mismatch in handling. @ £180 that is a seriously stonking buy! Edited February 8, 2008 by warwickhunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I've had a google of the fore-mentioned combo and i cant find much on it but i'm pretty sure you need another 4ohm cab. Sounds like the amp can take a minimum load of 2ohm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 [quote name='BassJase' post='136842' date='Feb 8 2008, 08:40 PM']Howdy y'all, Just wondering if anyone can help me with a query i have.... I recently bought a Peavey T-Maxx 2x10 combo amp (it was sat from new in our local music shop for about 3/4 years, and they recently closed down and i got it for £180.... ) and i'll be gigging it this weekend. The thing is that i'm playing it at a venue i've never been to before, so i want to take along another extension cab in case a bit more welly is needed. The extension speaker socket on the back says "mimimum 2 ohms." Now, does that mean i'd need a 2ohm cab, or a 4ohm or a 8ohm can to make it reach its full welly? The whole ohm thing confuses me at the best of times...! Many thanks for any help, -Jase.[/quote] That was a good deal. I've just paid almost that for a T-Max pre-amp. I would suggest reading the manual and if you don't have then go to Peavey's web site and download it or google it. The T-max amp can handle a total load of 2-ohms minimum so you need to find out what the impedance is of the the speakers in the combo and work from there. Tha manual or the product data sheet should hopefully give you that. BTW my good friend funnyfreddy had a T-Max head which he ran at 2-ohms and it blew up, so don't be too quick to follow him down to the Peavey repair centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 YMMV I used a T-Max head into 2x2x10's for years with no probs. This rig would have been £800 when new and current. You need a 4ohm extension cab for full beans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJase Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Many, many thanks fellas, i was hoping i could use another 4ohm 2x10 to run it at full welly, and hopefully it won't blow on me! Yeah it was a greta deal, it was just sat there gathering dust for literally about 3 or 4 years with no buyers so it was used quite often as a demo amp for the basses. No manual for it though, and unfortunately the lead is fixed (grr...) but apart from that i'm well pleased with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 [quote name='BassJase' post='136962' date='Feb 9 2008, 02:27 AM']No manual for it though, and unfortunately the lead is fixed (grr...) but apart from that i'm well pleased with it.[/quote] [url="http://www.peavey.com/media/pdf/manuals/80302264.pdf"]T-Max Manual is here[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJase Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 You star obbm! Many thanks amigo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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