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DylanGuitar
10-25-2009, 01:27 PM
Sorry if this seems stupid.
I want to swap out one of the speakers in my 2x12 cab.
The speaker going in is a 8ohm speaker.
The inputs choices on the cabinet say 8ohm Mono or 16 ohm stereo.

Which input would I into if I wanted to disconnect one of the speakers and listen to them one at a time?

Thanks

Dylan
buddachile
10-25-2009, 01:50 PM
If your cab says 16 ohm stereo/8 ohm mono that means each speaker inside is 16 ohms. That means putting your 8 ohm speaker in the cab is not an option unless you replace both speakers with 8 ohm speakers. If you did that then the cab would be 8 ohm stereo/4 ohm mono.
DylanGuitar
10-25-2009, 01:52 PM
Ok thanks.

Dylan
riffmeister
10-25-2009, 01:58 PM
Sounds like you have two 16 Ohm speakers in you cab. Ideally, if you are replacing only one speaker, it should be a 16 Ohm speaker.

EDIT: Oops, someone beat me to it. :)
buddachile
10-25-2009, 11:19 PM
Sounds like you have two 16 Ohm speakers in you cab. Ideally, if you are replacing only one speaker, it should be a 16 Ohm speaker.

EDIT: Oops, someone beat me to it. :)

That's OK, it's good to have someone corroborate.