Hi good people. First time head & cab owner here, not too sure what I'm doing so need help getting around this. Had read alot of articles to understand enough warning that I have to match the impedance on the head and cabs, but here is what confusing me:
My 50w Randall head has a 4 ohm and 8 ohm output impedance. While the cab has a power handling of 100w instead, with input impedance at 4 ohm and 16 ohm mono each. So I ran a speaker cable from the head at 4 ohm output, to the speaker cab at 4 ohm input. Am I right so far?
The cab is lalso abeled as stereo 50w/Chn, Mono 100w RMS. On top of that, the cab input is also labeled 8 ohm right and 8 ohm left. There is a switch just below that to select either Stereo or Mono. So do I select Stereo or Mono for normal head and cab hook up?
I assume the stereo switch is meant to be used with an additional cab? So if I select stereo, does it mean I have to plug the amp output to 8 ohm? Will it kill the amp/cab if the cab is plugged to just the left input?
One other thing, since the head is 50w, will I be in trouble if mono is selected at the cab? I mean the cab should be rated 100w in mono, if I understand it correctly.
The more I think, the more confusing it gets. -_-"
My 50w Randall head has a 4 ohm and 8 ohm output impedance. While the cab has a power handling of 100w instead, with input impedance at 4 ohm and 16 ohm mono each. So I ran a speaker cable from the head at 4 ohm output, to the speaker cab at 4 ohm input. Am I right so far?
The cab is lalso abeled as stereo 50w/Chn, Mono 100w RMS. On top of that, the cab input is also labeled 8 ohm right and 8 ohm left. There is a switch just below that to select either Stereo or Mono. So do I select Stereo or Mono for normal head and cab hook up?
I assume the stereo switch is meant to be used with an additional cab? So if I select stereo, does it mean I have to plug the amp output to 8 ohm? Will it kill the amp/cab if the cab is plugged to just the left input?
One other thing, since the head is 50w, will I be in trouble if mono is selected at the cab? I mean the cab should be rated 100w in mono, if I understand it correctly.
The more I think, the more confusing it gets. -_-"