Stereo / parallel um uh?

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Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by ShawnErroneous » Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:07 pm

Left/right 8 ohm stereo jacks on the head, 2x 16 ohm parallel jacks on cab, what's the correct way to connect these?

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by thunda » Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:23 pm

what amp head? the cab is 16 ohms. don't know of a Peavey stereo amp head...
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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by Enzo » Sun Aug 13, 2017 11:13 pm

DO NOT connect that cab. If the amp really is stereo with separate left and right outputs, that means two amplifiers. Parallel jacks in the cab means they are wired together. SO connecting both sides of the amp is the same as connecting the two sides of the amp together.

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by ShawnErroneous » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:33 am

Enzo wrote:DO NOT connect that cab. If the amp really is stereo with separate left and right outputs, that means two amplifiers. Parallel jacks in the cab means they are wired together. SO connecting both sides of the amp is the same as connecting the two sides of the amp together.
The head is a Mustang V v.1, the cab is a Krank 4x12

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by ShawnErroneous » Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:04 am

OK so apparently one input on the cab connects to the head, the second input is to link up another cab for a full stack, hence "parallel". So question is should I just go from one of the outputs on the head to the cab? Did this and it it felt kinda weak like not all speakers were loud...

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Post by ScottMarlowe » Mon Aug 14, 2017 2:39 pm

Yes, OR to a stereo cab. But never both stereo outputs into a mono cab

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by tele twister » Mon Aug 14, 2017 10:09 pm

thunda wrote:what amp head? the cab is 16 ohms. don't know of a Peavey stereo amp head...
There was the Revolution head, and the Stereo Chorus 400 Power Pak head, both with 2 separate power amps.
The Revolution even had separate Ohm selectable speaker outputs.
Does that count? :wink:

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by ScottMarlowe » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:30 am

tele twister wrote:
thunda wrote:what amp head? the cab is 16 ohms. don't know of a Peavey stereo amp head...
There was the Revolution head, and the Stereo Chorus 400 Power Pak head, both with 2 separate power amps.
The Revolution even had separate Ohm selectable speaker outputs.
Does that count? :wink:
Also the Classic 50/50 and 60/60 amps.

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Re: Stereo / parallel um uh?

Post by thunda » Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:03 pm

OK - so he said it was an amp head, not a power amp. My bad.
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