Can I safely add another speaker output to my amp?
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:08 pm
Bought a H&K Puretone combo the other week. The spec says:
SPEAKERS: The PURETONE features two speaker outputs for connecting speakers with an overall minimum impedance of 8-ohms. This means that you can connect either an 8-ohm cabinet or two 4-ohm cabs to the PURETONE head. On the combo version, the output is factory-connected to the internal 16-ohm speaker. You'll find the connector for an external cabinet behind the rear panel next to the connector for the internal speaker. Bear in mind that if you want to connect additional speakers, you can only connect a 16-ohm cabinet.
However, if you first disconnect the internal speaker,
you can connect an 8-ohm cab.
I don't really get this. There's no impedance selector and my combo only makes use of the external speaker connector socket. So, how do I add a socket and make use of other combinations of 8 or 16 load? Is it running at 8 all the time?
Thanks.
SPEAKERS: The PURETONE features two speaker outputs for connecting speakers with an overall minimum impedance of 8-ohms. This means that you can connect either an 8-ohm cabinet or two 4-ohm cabs to the PURETONE head. On the combo version, the output is factory-connected to the internal 16-ohm speaker. You'll find the connector for an external cabinet behind the rear panel next to the connector for the internal speaker. Bear in mind that if you want to connect additional speakers, you can only connect a 16-ohm cabinet.
However, if you first disconnect the internal speaker,
you can connect an 8-ohm cab.
I don't really get this. There's no impedance selector and my combo only makes use of the external speaker connector socket. So, how do I add a socket and make use of other combinations of 8 or 16 load? Is it running at 8 all the time?
Thanks.