Two-Notes Torpedo Captor

[demoncleaner]

Well the general rule of thumb is that as long as your Ohm on the load exceeds that of the amp, you won't hurt your amp. In other words, you can run 8 Ohms into a 16 Ohm load, but not vice versa. You might see a drop in volume, but in my experience it's nominal.

Thanks for clearing that up. For some reason I thought I read that tube amps needed to have the load be matched up and couldn't be above or below so I got a little confused as the math wouldn't quite work out with a 16 and any other combination. Having the load match or exceed makes sense for the 16 and I'm intrigued!

 

[Hung Huy Tran]

Well the general rule of thumb is that as long as your Ohm on the load exceeds that of the amp, you won't hurt your amp. In other words, you can run 8 Ohms into a 16 Ohm load, but not vice versa. You might see a drop in volume, but in my experience it's nominal.

Thanks for clearing that up. For some reason I thought I read that tube amps needed to have the load be matched up and couldn't be above or below so I got a little confused as the math wouldn't quite work out with a 16 and any other combination. Having the load match or exceed makes sense for the 16 and I'm intrigued!

Ultimately it depends on the amp and what the manufacturer recommends. What amp are we talking about here?

 

[Bronco]

Well the general rule of thumb is that as long as your Ohm on the load exceeds that of the amp, you won't hurt your amp. In other words, you can run 8 Ohms into a 16 Ohm load, but not vice versa. You might see a drop in volume, but in my experience it's nominal.

Thanks for clearing that up. For some reason I thought I read that tube amps needed to have the load be matched up and couldn't be above or below so I got a little confused as the math wouldn't quite work out with a 16 and any other combination. Having the load match or exceed makes sense for the 16 and I'm intrigued!

Well I am by no means an expert; I'm just going by what I've read from Friedman, Mesa, etc.

 

[demoncleaner]

Ultimately it depends on the amp and what the manufacturer recommends. What amp are we talking about here?

I have a Diezel Herbert. I've always just had a single cab so I've always just plugged into the matching impedance. That being a minimum value rather than having to match is nice.

 

[Hung Huy Tran]

Ultimately it depends on the amp and what the manufacturer recommends. What amp are we talking about here?

I have a Diezel Herbert. I've always just had a single cab so I've always just plugged into the matching impedance. That being a minimum value rather than having to match is nice.

Check with Diezel and report back!