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1 head into two cabs with a Y-cable
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:28 pm
by mkt3000
So, I've got a Kustom Defender 5H, with a matching Kustom Cab. Well, Musicians Friend has the cabs today for $60, so I bought another one.
The cabs are 16 ohm each, and the head has 4, 8, and 16 ohm outputs. Could I connect the two cabs through one of the outputs using a Y-cable? Thanks
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:30 pm
by laterallateral
Yep, 8 ohm out.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:31 pm
by mkt3000
laterallateral wrote:Yep, 8 ohm out.
Awesome. I might be able to gig with that loud lil shit now.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:33 pm
by laterallateral
Awesome. make sure you a Y cord made out of speaker cable, though.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:37 pm
by mkt3000
laterallateral wrote:Awesome. make sure you a Y cord made out of speaker cable, though.
Thanks for that. I ordered a y-splitter made of speaker cable, and I already have a handful of speaker cables around the house.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:39 pm
by mkt3000
Did it with a Weber Parallel Y cable through the 8 ohm jack. Sounds great, and it added a bit more headroom which it desperately needed.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:48 pm
by Freddy V-C
I'm assuming the only way to do this with two 8ohm cabs is with a 4ohm out? The Tiny Terror only has 8 or 16...
I have a 1x12 and a 1x15 and always wondered how the two would sound together.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:49 pm
by mkt3000
Freddy V-C wrote:I'm assuming the only way to do this with two 8ohm cabs is with a 4ohm out? The Tiny Terror only has 8 or 16...
I have a 1x12 and a 1x15 and always wondered how the two would sound together.
2 16-ohm cabs through the parallel-y speaker cable = 8 ohm.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:59 pm
by Freddy V-C
Indeed, but my cabs are both 8ohms!
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:01 pm
by mkt3000
Freddy V-C wrote:Indeed, but my cabs are both 8ohms!
Run them in series? 2 8 ohm in series should = 16 ohms.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:02 pm
by Freddy V-C
This may be a noob question, but how does one run two cabs in series?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:35 pm
by Mages
a Y cable runs in parallel by sending both + and - to both cabs. to run in series you need the + to go to one cab, the - of that cab jumped to the + of the next cab and then the - from that cab connected to the - from the amp. you'd need a pretty special cable to do that.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:43 pm
by Freddy V-C
So, in short, I should not attempt this?
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:02 pm
by NickS
How are your soldering skills?
Basically, you want to solder a triangle with a jack plug at each point. Tip of A to tip of B, ring of B to tip of C, ring of C to ring of A
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 8:20 pm
by Mages
yes, you could rewire a parallel type Y cable to be a series. here I made a picture
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 12:28 pm
by Rhysyrhys
Freddy V-C wrote:So, in short, I should not attempt this?
Its a fiddle. I used to mess around with it when I was in my last band. It works really well, but I have terrible, terrible soldering skills, so get a bit of practise in first.
Not that its terribly related, but I ended up using a crossover for what I wanted to do with my 2x12 and wide body 1x15, as I needed to pump bass for some bits. Check it Freddy
http://www.gak.co.uk/en/behringer-super ... sover/1109