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Bass Head Impedance

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:19 am
by Metallash
so im looking at buying a Bass head, under the specs for one that im looking at it says "300w @ 4OHMS, 150w @ 8OHMS" i have a vague idea what ohms are, does it mean if i plugged the head into a cabinet which was rated at 4ohms it would produce 300w and if i hooked it upto an 8ohm cabinet it would produce 150w? its got 2 speaker out sockets so if i plugged it into 2 cabinets that were rated at 4ohms each would each cabinet produce 300w or 150w through each cabinet?

Re: Bass Head Impedance

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:13 am
by SuicideNote
Metallash wrote:so im looking at buying a Bass head, under the specs for one that im looking at it says "300w @ 4OHMS, 150w @ 8OHMS" i have a vague idea what ohms are, does it mean if i plugged the head into a cabinet which was rated at 4ohms it would produce 300w and if i hooked it upto an 8ohm cabinet it would produce 150w? its got 2 speaker out sockets so if i plugged it into 2 cabinets that were rated at 4ohms each would each cabinet produce 300w or 150w through each cabinet?
Yep. I'd say 150w.