Question:
I know this has prolly been asked a million time and I tryed a search on it and couldn't find what I was looking for so I'm asking.
I know all about the ohms and stuff but my question has to do with the handling capabilities. Do you try and match a cabinet's handling capacity to what your head puts out or does one (the head or cabinet) need to be higher or lower? I've been looking around on the web at different set ups and I found an head that puts out 450 W @ 4 ohms and a cabinet that can handle 400 W @ 4 ohms. I had read somewhere that it is better to have more watts coming out of your head then what your cabinet can handle.
Anyways, I'm starting to ramble now so to sum it up, how do you match cabs and heads on a wattage perspective?
Answer:
Wildcats2008 -
i have two friends that are really into this-i'll ask but
it won't be till monday. i'll copy your request.
one buys alot of Fender and Vox vintage amps
& the other builds, buys and sells Fender vintage amps
and there usually all tube amps. which are for
stacks and combo applications.
so i get to play through alot of different amps - the last
being a 1 x 10 - princton reverb -tube -wow! what a tone.
Answer:
Uh no. You want to make sure your cabinent can handle more watts than your head puts out. Otherwise you could blow speakers out...
Answer:
generally matching impedances is a little more important.
unless you're diming an amp, as long as the wattages are close to matching it's not as big of a deal. there are players out there who use speakers with lower handling capabilities specifically in order to create greater speaker response. in fact the Marshall MF280 Cabinet and the Fender MH Cabinet are both underpowered when compared to the heads they are sold with.