So i've heard a theory from a legendary tone guru about having a single speaker per pair of power tubes. And I got to thinking that i've always dug single 12" amps and it would be nice making my amp so much lighter!
I've read its "okay" to run old fender amps with say a 4ohm output transformer with speakers of higher rating, but lower is usually not safe. I want to run a fender with a 4ohm tap with an 8ohm speaker (the speaker will probably actually meeasure in the 6ohm range. would this be a problem?
my main concern besides amp health is that this is a common "mod" for people that want to get less headroom out of there amp. it apparently makes the amp run harder and pushes the speaker harder of course (spoken in terms of having 2 8ohm speakers in paralell and disconnecting one speaker) But I also know that my 4ohm fender amp was built with an additional "ext speaker out" that allows you to connect another speaker cab in paralell. I'm assuming the engineers realized that you woulld have 4 ohms and probably connect another 4 ohm cab in paralell, giving you 2ohms. so is the amp made to run better under 4ohms (as two "8ohm speakers" that actually measure 6ohms would give you 3 ohms in paralell).
Simply put what would be the affect of running a 4 ohm fender silverface pro reverb with a single 6.2ohm speaker? bad for amp? less headroom? sweeter sound (ive heard this opinion before as well)?
Thanks guys! Sorry this is a newb question, i know
I've read its "okay" to run old fender amps with say a 4ohm output transformer with speakers of higher rating, but lower is usually not safe. I want to run a fender with a 4ohm tap with an 8ohm speaker (the speaker will probably actually meeasure in the 6ohm range. would this be a problem?
my main concern besides amp health is that this is a common "mod" for people that want to get less headroom out of there amp. it apparently makes the amp run harder and pushes the speaker harder of course (spoken in terms of having 2 8ohm speakers in paralell and disconnecting one speaker) But I also know that my 4ohm fender amp was built with an additional "ext speaker out" that allows you to connect another speaker cab in paralell. I'm assuming the engineers realized that you woulld have 4 ohms and probably connect another 4 ohm cab in paralell, giving you 2ohms. so is the amp made to run better under 4ohms (as two "8ohm speakers" that actually measure 6ohms would give you 3 ohms in paralell).
Simply put what would be the affect of running a 4 ohm fender silverface pro reverb with a single 6.2ohm speaker? bad for amp? less headroom? sweeter sound (ive heard this opinion before as well)?
Thanks guys! Sorry this is a newb question, i know