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Oct 8 2007, 02:58 AM
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As I understand it Stevi you will not be pulling the correct load that your DC was designed for. As the new speaker has a higher impedance rating you'll probably end up with a far poorer tone and lowered frequency range then the amp was designed for and is capable of. However, and more importantly, there may also be a potential of damaging the amp (and this would occur if you used a speaker with a lower then specced impedance).
Personally I'd replace like with like and use a speaker set up with either 8 or 4 ohm impedance - if you want a second 16 ohm wired in parallel will give you an 8 ohm 2x12. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Oct 8 2007, 03:12 AM
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Well... that would probably work but with a bad sound, at least for a while.
To be on the safe side, always connect the output to the corresponding speaker. Now I never recall what's worse but I think a 16 Ohm output into a 8 Ohm speaker will cause a nuclear explosion, sort of. The other way around, 8 Ohm output into a 16 Ohm speaker is safer, but likely to blow at some point. If I remember well you can go sligtly upwards in Ohm (amp to speaker) since that happens when connecting cabinets/speakers of different impedance... I think this is difficult stuff to remember  EDIT: Ok, tonymiro replied already. Anyway, one extra post to warn about impedance cant hurt so i will leave mine aswell 
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Oct 8 2007, 03:27 AM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Oct 7 2007, 10:12 PM)  Well... that would probably work but with a bad sound, at least for a while. To be on the safe side, always connect the output to the corresponding speaker. Now I never recall what's worse but I think a 16 Ohm output into a 8 Ohm speaker will cause a nuclear explosion, sort of. The other way around, 8 Ohm output into a 16 Ohm speaker is safer, but likely to blow at some point. If I remember well you can go sligtly upwards in Ohm (amp to speaker) since that happens when connecting cabinets/speakers of different impedance... I think this is difficult stuff to remember EDIT: Ok, tonymiro replied already. Anyway, one extra post to warn about impedance cant hurt so i will leave mine aswell Its the other way around for tube amps - too high an impedance gets reflected back through the ouput transformer to the power tubes and they can end up arcing. This happens for sure if you have no speaker connected, you would probably be ok for a while with 16 vs 8 but I wouldn't chance it for a tube amp - solid state amp should be ok, with the caveats mentioned above. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Oct 8 2007, 03:46 AM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 8 2007, 04:27 AM) Its the other way around for tube amps - too high an impedance gets reflected back through the ouput transformer to the power tubes and they can end up arcing. This happens for sure if you have no speaker connected, you would probably be ok for a while with 16 vs 8 but I wouldn't chance it for a tube amp - solid state amp should be ok, with the caveats mentioned above. Da...sh. Dash! Really? Why can't I get this into my head, Ive been trying to 15 years.  Please supply me with a simple rhyme that I can fall back on next time I stand there with the speaker cable in my hand scratching my head (amp head that is) 
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Oct 8 2007, 04:34 AM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Oct 7 2007, 10:46 PM) Da...sh. Dash! Really? Why can't I get this into my head, Ive been trying to 15 years. Please supply me with a simple rhyme that I can fall back on next time I stand there with the speaker cable in my hand scratching my head (amp head that is) Ohms too high, you're amp will fry 
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Oct 8 2007, 05:01 AM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 8 2007, 05:34 AM) Ohms too high, you're amp will fry Good one! But I will be wondering - Ohms to high, but where?
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Oct 8 2007, 06:01 AM
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QUOTE (MickeM @ Oct 8 2007, 12:01 AM) Good one! But I will be wondering - Ohms to high, but where?Damn, thought I was clever for a minute there 
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Oct 8 2007, 06:17 AM
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Speak too high and your head will fry ?
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Oct 8 2007, 07:19 AM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 8 2007, 07:17 AM) Speak too high and your head will fry ? that's priceless!!! Just to make sure I got it right, i will not sneak peak on the earlier posts.  So I'm standing there with my amp plugged in the 8 Ohm jacket, I look at the cabinet that has 4 and 16 Ohm. I say out a loud - Speak too high and your head will fry! - and then plug it into 4 Ohm. Rock or electric shock? We'll rock now! Right? 
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Oct 8 2007, 07:26 AM
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Exactly!
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Oct 8 2007, 07:27 AM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 8 2007, 08:26 AM) Exactly! Thanks mate! I will remember that excellent rhyme.
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Oct 8 2007, 07:59 AM
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QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Oct 7 2007, 08:27 PM) Its the other way around for tube amps - too high an impedance gets reflected back through the ouput transformer to the power tubes and they can end up arcing. This happens for sure if you have no speaker connected, you would probably be ok for a while with 16 vs 8 but I wouldn't chance it for a tube amp - solid state amp should be ok, with the caveats mentioned above. My stupid - with trannies a higher impedance speaker is fine but if you do the same with a tube you may well overload the transformer and end up with arced out tube sockets as Andrew says. (I think I was reverting to 'a' level physics and tranny amps.) Nonetheless speakers are variable impedance rather than constant load and if you run with a lower impedance speaker (lets ignore blown tubes and higher impedance for now) your tone will suffer. Still poorer tone is still better then a dead, fried amp though. All in all with a tube amp you should impedance match the amp and speakers. Cheers, Tony -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Oct 8 2007, 08:46 AM
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QUOTE (tonymiro @ Oct 8 2007, 02:59 AM) My stupid - with trannies a higher impedance speaker is fine but if you do the same with a tube you may well overload the transformer and end up with arced out tube sockets as Andrew says. (I think I was reverting to 'a' level physics and tranny amps.) Nonetheless speakers are variable impedance rather than constant load and if you run with a lower impedance speaker (lets ignore blown tubes and higher impedance for now) your tone will suffer. Still poorer tone is still better then a dead, fried amp though. All in all with a tube amp you should impedance match the amp and speakers. Cheers, Tony No, no, not stupid, I naturally assumed you meant transistor amps and complemented your excellent advice with some information around tube amps
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