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Topic: Session 400 with 8 ohm |
Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2010 2:51 am |
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I picked up a 1978 Session 400 last weekend. Although I normally like tubes, I am enjoying the tone of this amp a lot. When I got it home, I looked more closely at the BW speaker and saw that it was a 1505-8. I will replace it with a 1501-4 (or something comparable) soon, but wondered if, in the meantime, there was any potential for damage to the amp (or the speaker) by playing out with the amp. Will the 8 ohms clamp down the volume so much that I will push the amp too hard? How much of a volume difference will there be?
Thanks
Dan
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 11 Mar 2010 3:25 am
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| The impedence "mis-match" won't hurt it. Just cut down on some volume. The only issue is the power handling capability of the speaker. |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Jim Eaton
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Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 11 Mar 2010 3:48 pm
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In the 70's when gear didn't seem to weigh so much, I use to run my 74 Session 400 with an 8 ohm JBL and an extension cab with 2 Altec 12's, so it was seeing a 4 ohm load. Great sounding rig, but I'm sticking with my NV-112's now.
JE:-)>
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