Rumble combo with 10 inch pa speaker?

[jezzaboy]

File this under stupid question due to being bored.

 

I have a Rumble 500 combo that has a 8 ohms output to another cab to give full power. As I seem to have an abundance of 10 inch pa cabs hanging about, could I connect a active top to the output, will it blow the combo or active speaker? I have to say that I haven`t tried this and dont not recommend trying this until someone with sense comments on this 

[BassmanPaul]

Your question should be can your PA tops handle a bass without being damaged?  Also an active cabinet will not alter the combo's output to 4 ohms. In my mind doing as you suggest will gain you you very little if anything.

 

[ossyrocks]

11 hours ago, jezzaboy said:

File this under stupid question due to being bored.

 

I have a Rumble 500 combo that has a 8 ohms output to another cab to give full power. As I seem to have an abundance of 10 inch pa cabs hanging about, could I connect a active top to the output, will it blow the combo or active speaker? I have to say that I haven`t tried this and dont not recommend trying this until someone with sense comments on this 

Connecting the speaker output of your Rumble to the input of an active speaker is definitely not recommended. You are likely to blow both the output stage of your combo and the preamp of the active speaker. You could run the "LINE OUT" of your Rumble to the active speaker though using an XLR cable, but your combo will still be running though it's own single speaker and seeing total load of 8 ohms.

 

Rob

[Downunderwonder]

Assured destruction.

 

Combo Line Out at least gives a fighting chance for the 10" PA unit to contribute.

 

You would need all four running at low volume to save them from the bass and hear anything useful.

[ossyrocks]

Interestingly, I did recently catch someone just in time, trying to connect the speaker outputs of a powered mixer (1000w) to the line inputs of a house PA system, which were active speakers. I did try to explain the potential results of their actions but they looked at me like I was making a fuss over nothing.