Good evening, nightterrors (or may I call you night..?)...nightterrors wrote:about the Y cable....
I have an amp splitter in a 1950a pedal enclosure and theres one input, 2 outputs. Before I had an amp selector I used it to run two amps... could this work to hook up the DR201 to two four ohm cabs? I doubt it, just trying to think of things I have to use.
Definitely not, without completely rewiring the box. The amp splitter runs the 2 signals in parallel; using it 'as is' for running cabs would run them in parallel, too. The two 4 ohm cabs would therefore present a 2 ohm load to the amp, and could cause damage.
If, however, the internal wiring was modified so as to have the 2 outputs in series, it would do the job. The wiring would have to be 'beefy' enough (none of this flimsy shielded signal cable; real speaker wiring is needed..).
Running cabs in series can be, and is, done, but has pitfalls which would have to be balanced with the advantages. Any single failure in the cabling, anywhere in the chain, results in running the amp without a load. If you've never experienced this, be assured that you do not want to start. Amp 'destruction' is often the almost instant result, if you're on stage playing hard. Pretty short-lived pyrotechnics (smoke, flames...), and darned expensive. Series cabs..? As an experiment, fine. To try it out briefly, why not..? As a regular working rig, I wouldn't do it. YMMV, of course.
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) box would do the trick.