4 or 16ohms?

[elysianfield]

Hi another stupid question. my 212 cabinet has 2 mono inputs, 4 or 16ohms. My amp can power both, I understand why it is 4 and 16ohm (x2 8ohm speakers, 4ohm parallel 16ohm series)

Which one is most suitable??

[jdr94]

can your amp power both with no loss of power? if so then i'd go for 16 ohms. i always felt like when i ran my 412 at 16 ohms it sounded better. cant really say why, it just did.

[Partial @ Marshall]

can your amp power both with no loss of power? if so then i'd go for 16 ohms. i always felt like when i ran my 412 at 16 ohms it sounded better. cant really say why, it just did.

Probably sounds better because you're pushing the transformers harder...

[marcus]

Probably sounds better because you're pushing the transformers harder...

Not really, the wattage should be the same in both cases, as long as there are both 4 and 16 ohm taps on the transformer. The biggest difference between the two configurations will be lower inductance through the cabinet in the case of the 4 ohm parallel connection. This will change your bass response slightly. It should really only be a subtle difference so try it both ways and use the configuration that sounds the best to you.

[elysianfield]

well i find the amp runs alittle hotter on 16ohms compared to 4ohm. I would say the amp sounded better on 16ohm.

the amp has single 4/8/16ohm outputs and dual on 4/8 to give 2-16 or 2-8 for running stacks

[wilkinsi]

I have a VS1880 digital workstation whose headphone output is 8-50ohm. Beyerdynamic headphones only seem to be available in 400ohm. I can't find any 8 or 16ohm versions, nor can I find any replacement cables let alone ear pads to fit to my "2x8ohm" pair of DT100's. Noone here stocks Beyer stuff anymore.

[Partial @ Marshall]

Not really, the wattage should be the same in both cases, as long as there are both 4 and 16 ohm taps on the transformer. The biggest difference between the two configurations will be lower inductance through the cabinet in the case of the 4 ohm parallel connection. This will change your bass response slightly. It should really only be a subtle difference so try it both ways and use the configuration that sounds the best to you.

Hmmm. Maybe....Something to think about