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Wiring Multiple Speakers. There are generally three ways to wire multiple speakers together. They are as follows: Series - When you wire (hook-up) speakers in Series, the speakers resistance (as measured in ohms) is additive - i.e. putting two 8 ohm speakers in Series results in a 16-ohm load.

Two Speakers Remember: 1. Match impedances (ohms) - all speakers in the same box should have the same impedance. 2. Power handling - as a rule of thumb, when mixing speaker types in a two speaker cabinet, maximum power handling is 2 x the lowest rated speaker (e.g. for 30-watt & 60-watt speakers, max power handling = 2x30-watt = 60-watt)

Many people have asked how to wire up a 2 speaker Cabinet that can have an extension speaker cabinet (usually another 2 speaker Cabinet) plugged into it when desired. The most common request I get is for 2 speakers that are 12 inch in diameter (2 X 12), however, this solution pertains to 2 10's, 2 15's or any mix of sizes.

To make a four-speaker 8Ω cabinet, put four 8Ω speakers in series-parallel. MONO / STEREO CABINETS The diagram below shows the wiring of a Marshall ® 2x12" speaker cab having a Mono/Stereo selection switch and two specialized input jacks.. When the Mono/Stereo switch is set to "Mono", the two 8Ω speakers are wired either in series (making a 16Ω cab) or in parallel (making a 4Ω cab ...

Speakers in Parallel. Two or more speakers can be wired in parallel. That is, two wires are used to connected from one speaker to the next. This is the easiest and most common way of connecting 2 or more speakers. Wiring each speaker back to the amplifier with separate wires is also wiring them in parallel.

This is still series-parallel wiring, so following this diagram will still work. Always be sure your amp head is set to the total load. So, for example, if you have two 16-ohm cabs for an 8-ohm total, then set your amp to 8 ohms. You could also use two 8-ohm cabinets for a 4-ohm total load. In that case, just set your head to 4 ohms.

In essence, there are two ways to wire up a 4 speaker cabinet that both wind up with the cabinet having the same impedance as any one of the individual drivers, or in other words, a cabinet with four 8-ohm speakers that ends up with a total cabinet impedance of 8-ohms. The two main methods of arriving at this means are as follows:

The following is a guide for wiring a speaker cabinet correctly to match the output impedance of your amp. Impedance is an equivalent resistance that an inductor or capacitor produces in a circuit. Therefore, without delving into Ohm’s Law, from which our process for calculating total impedance is derived, we can start with the basic equations for calculating series and parallel resistance.

When we move on to even larger guitar speaker cabinets with more drivers, such as the classic 4x10 and 4x12 speaker enclosures, series and parallel wiring configurations are still possible, but a third option also opens up. This is a combination of the two previous guitar speaker cabinet wiring methods, and is called series-parallel wiring.

I have two 1x12" cabinets. Each has two, 8 OHM speakers (Retro 30) Cabinet #1 has two jacks that are wired parallel. Cabinet #2 - I tried to wire each jack separately. One jack is wired tip to + of speaker and sleeve is wired to - of speaker. The othe jack I wired opposite; tip to - of speaker and sleeve to - of speaker.