mobrien999
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So I fried my ampeg classic bass amp head by running it into my torpedo live. The standby button was making crackling noises and some smoke came out before it stopped working all together. Not real happy. I assumed I could run the 4 ohms head into the 8 ohms torpedo like you would be able to do with any 8 ohms cab, so long as the cab ohms are larger than the head? I didn't push the bass head at all. ran it very low and moderately.
so, my questions are as such: is it just totally unwise to run anything that isn't 8ohms into the torpedo live? or is it the 300 watts of the amp head that was too much? How can I successfully get bass sounds into my torpedo live? I'm open to ideas for a better bass amp head for the job. Was thinking possibly a quilter or Aguilar tone hammer?
Also, is it normal for the torpedo live unit to make tiny little crackling noises once in a while when you power it off? I have never received any warnings from the unit, but this also greatly worries me.
Sorry for the long post, but any help in this would be hugely appreciated.
so, my questions are as such: is it just totally unwise to run anything that isn't 8ohms into the torpedo live? or is it the 300 watts of the amp head that was too much? How can I successfully get bass sounds into my torpedo live? I'm open to ideas for a better bass amp head for the job. Was thinking possibly a quilter or Aguilar tone hammer?
Also, is it normal for the torpedo live unit to make tiny little crackling noises once in a while when you power it off? I have never received any warnings from the unit, but this also greatly worries me.
Sorry for the long post, but any help in this would be hugely appreciated.