Improving punch

[belaxa]

I want to powerup my punch adding a cabinet to my Crate 200W combo. The next step its to trade the combo by an GK amp. It´s rated 200W at 4ohms minimum total load.

All the 410 cabs seems to be under 8 ohms. There are a trick to put a 8 ohms cab to a 4ohm amplifier?

 

[phatduckk]

most amps will put out a different wattage at 4ohms than at 8ohms. ex: 300 watts @ 8ohm 700 watts @ 4 ohms.

Take a look at the manufacturers site to see what the particular head's output is at 8 and 4 ohms.

 

[Aussie Mark]

All the 410 cabs seems to be under 8 ohms. There are a trick to put a 8 ohms cab to a 4ohm amplifier?

No trick. The amp will merely produce less output into an 8 ohm load compared to a 4 ohm load. The only time you must match speaker impedence is in the case of tube amps.

 

[Psycho Ward]

Improving punch?

After a lot of research and testing on my own, I’ve found that vodka improves punch the most, especially during the holidays.

 

[strummer]

Improving punch?

After a lot of research and testing on my own, I’ve found that vodka improves punch the most, especially during the holidays.

I was going to say that

Anyway, Cutting any given load in half can theoretically give you twice the poer, but that would mean the amp had a power supply of gigantic proportions, so it wont happen irl.
The speaker outputs on your amp are in parallell, and since they put a second output there my guess would be that the internal speaker is 8 Ohms, and then hte perfect match is a 8 ohm extension cab of some sort. If you unplug it and use a simple Ohm meter, measure tip against ring and you should see something like 6,5-7 Ohms. If it's 3-3,5 ohms you need to disconnect the internal speaker and add two 8 ohm cabs, but if that's the case better get the GK right away.