Hello! I just recently purchased a mt15 amp and I’m deciding on what I want to run for a cabinet setup. Upon inspection of the amp I saw the 2 parallel 8 ohm speaker jacks. I was just wondering if I run 2x16 ohm cabs in the parallel would they be running at full or would I want to run 2x8 ohm cabs in parallel to reach “full capacity” while keeping in the amps specification ratings on the parallel jacks. I think my problem is I’m looking at the science of the circuit from an automotive perspective so I’m pretty lost haha
Recently purchased mt15 wondering about the parallel jacks
Toolmaster Of Brainerd
You know what a loon is, noodle head?
Your options are:
1 16 ohm cabinet in the 16 ohm jack
1 8 ohm cabinet in one of the 8 ohm jacks
2 16 ohm cabinets plugged into the 8 ohm jacks
The output transformer will be happy with any of these. 2 cabinets is twice as many cabinets as 1 cabinet, so I'd go the third route.
By full capacity, do you mean satisfying the impedance requirements, or do you mean using the full output transformer?
1 16 ohm cabinet in the 16 ohm jack
1 8 ohm cabinet in one of the 8 ohm jacks
2 16 ohm cabinets plugged into the 8 ohm jacks
The output transformer will be happy with any of these. 2 cabinets is twice as many cabinets as 1 cabinet, so I'd go the third route.
By full capacity, do you mean satisfying the impedance requirements, or do you mean using the full output transformer?
just satisfying the impedance I should have clarified that. Thank you for the quick response. I think I will go with 2 x16 ohm cabs so I can position cabinets opposing each other. Once again thanks for the help