16ohm + 8ohm =??

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:17 pm

I've got 2x12 Fender cab (4ohm) with an 8ohm Oxford and an 8ohm Jensen.

I'm thinking of swapping the Oxford with something else just for fun but I'm not sure what will happen if I use a 16ohm speaker with the other 8ohm speaker. What does that equal? I know that a Bassman can handle a mismatch to some degree but I don't want to go too overboard!

Flames1950 · Post by **Flames1950** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:33 pm

5.3333333 (etc.) ohms in parallel, 24 ohms in series. Obviously the series connection is out, but the parallel should be OK for the average Fender!!

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:00 pm

It won't mess up the sound at all, will it?

BBN-Boys · Post by **BBN-Boys** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:55 pm

Here is a cool speaker calculator that you can download and use.
MS Excel Spreadsheet file. VERY HELPFULL stuff.

http://www.duncanamps.com/technical/impedance.html