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Re: Dual Showman ?

trace_luger - 08 Jan 2004 21:32:53

When I had the cabinet checked, the tech found that someone
had put a crossover in the cabinet. We couldn't figure out why
since the cab is only 15's, no tweeters. He took the crossover out
and put the speakers parallel. I'm pretty much an idiot when it
comes to these things, so I just agreed.
Speaker/Total impedance is 8/4
--- In , "jimmywilseylives"
<jimmywilseylives@y...> wrote:
> I know it may be obvious but check to make sure your
impedance is
> matched from head to cab-how you have your speakers are
wired
> (parallel or series according to the impedance of the individual
> speakers).
> If that doesn't do it and you're saying both head and cab sound
great
> apart but not together then I would ask if the head is connected
to
> the cab via a dedicated speaker cable. If so, it could be that it is
> a bad cable. My 0.02. JWL (aka Dario)
>
> --- In , "trace_luger"
<luger@c...>
> wrote:
> > I've got a 68 Dual Showman head with a '72 2x15 cabinet.
> > It's got a wicked hum/buzz when turned on and the volume is
> > limited.
> > I had the speakers reconed recently, and tested the head on
a
> > seperate cabinet. Both sound incredible apart, but together
they
> > sound like crap.
> > Any ideas on what to do?
> >
> > Trace

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