Speaker cabinet wiring

[LP Freak]

Anyone ever notice a difference in tone when wiring a 4x12 cabinet parallel/series vs series/parallel?

 

[EyesOfTheSouth]

Yes. However, there is a quite a bit of confusion on the web on what is series/parallel and what is parallel/series. For example.....google image "series/parallel 4x12" and you will see both variations.

Here is what I found with multiple heads using the same cab and speakers. I'll use different terms for clarification sake:

Speaker pairs wired in series/then paralleled at jack:
More lower mids, a touch more sag, slightly quieter

Speaker pairs wired parallel/then serial at jack (uses one more wire
Brighter, tighter, edgier, and slightly louder

I prefer the former.......especially with Marshally circuits.

I've experimented many times and the difference is not subtle. It's pretty obvious to my ears.

 

[EyesOfTheSouth]

BTW......I also prefer 8 ohm speakers to 16 ohm. Therefore, I wire my 4x12's for 8 ohm mono. I find 8 ohm speakers less fizzy and more focused than their 16 ohm counterparts. Though the difference is more subtle than the 2 aforementioned wiring schemes.

 

[9ball]

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[moltenmetalburn]

Eyes of the south hit the nail on the head.

 

[midnightlaundry]

Cool info.

Do you have any wiring diagrams to post?

 

[LP Freak]

http://scumbackspeakers.com/wire.html

Correct me if I'm wrong but in the Scumback wiring diagram, aren't the jack wires drawn wrong? It looks like he's got the pos going to ring and the neg going to the tip.

 

[LP Freak]

 

[midnightlaundry]

I'm with you .