Mcgiver69 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Well my mate bought one from a fellow Basschatter and now he wants to add an extra cab. The question is how to connect both. The amps has 2 connections 1 XLR and 1 Speakon , I guess you connect one to the XLR and one to the Speakon but I just want to be sure I'm not going to fry the amp. Any help will be appreciated. Cheers, The guy that can make a boat out of a hair band. (Mcgiver) Oh BTW the manual is just pants so don't mention it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 The manual says "Both are connected in parallel." So I guess that's fine if both cabs are 8ohms. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Daisy chain them! Speakon cable from Amp to Cab then Another Speakon Cable from Cab to Cab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassus_play Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 [quote name='richy316' post='164089' date='Mar 26 2008, 11:37 PM']Daisy chain them! Speakon cable from Amp to Cab then Another Speakon Cable from Cab to Cab.[/quote] That's the way...if you link them in paralel (daisy chain) then two cabs of 8ohms each will give you a total of 4ohms. I own a profet 5.1 and I use two cabs of 8 ohms each in the same way, connected trough XLR (speakon). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 You don't have to daisy chain them. You could just plug the XLR speaker out into one 8 ohm cab and the Speakon speaker out into the other 8 ohm cab. As the two outputs are wired in parallel, you'd get the same total of 4 ohms as if you daisy chain them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 [quote]You don't have to daisy chain them. You could just plug the XLR speaker out into one 8 ohm cab and the Speakon speaker out into the other 8 ohm cab. As the two outputs are wired in parallel, you'd get the same total of 4 ohms as if you daisy chain them.[/quote] No you don't have to daisy chain them, but so i'm told the connection capabilities of a speakon cable compared to an XLR cable is far greater thus giving better conduction through the cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 [quote name='richy316' post='164744' date='Mar 27 2008, 08:10 PM']No you don't have to daisy chain them, but so i'm told the connection capabilities of a speakon cable compared to an XLR cable is far greater thus giving better conduction through the cable.[/quote] Ahhh! So one cab would get more power or a better signal than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks guys I tried it last night and sounded mint! you guys are made of gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy316 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 [quote]Ahhh! So one cab would get more power or a better signal than the other?[/quote] In theory a better signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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