Sunn Speaker Cabinet woes

[Lonny Bristle]

I need help rewiring my SUNN 612S cabinet for an impedance of 4 or 8 ohms instead of 6 ohms.

I have to use this crappy Randall head which wants one or the other.

If you know anyone selling a Sunn Concert lead for a decent price, please drop me a line.

jennre@hotmail.com

[Geoff]

Is your Randall head solid-state?  If so, I don't think the world is going to come to an end if you run that amp into a 6 ohm load, especially if it will drive a 4 ohm load.  I would be worried if you were trying to run a 1 ohm load, though

Tube amps can be a different story.  The alt.guitar.amps FAQ has some interesting reading about this http://aga.rru.com/FAQs/technical.html#imp-1" TARGET="_blank">here.

On a related story, we have a 17-year-old guitarist in the band who runs a 610 cab and I don't think he ever pays attention to what tranny tap he uses on his head output.  He hasn't blown it yet (still, though, I'm glad it's not my gear!!)

Good luck!

[JoeArthur]

Even if it is a tube amp (granted it's not mine, but even if it were) I wouldn't be too concerned using either 4 or 8 ohms with a 6 ohm cabinet.  The impedance of a speaker is "nominal", or an average range as it varies with frequency.

I can't think of the brand name at the moment, but there was one that didn't label it's impedance selector as such, nor what the impedance was at the various positions.  They recommended that you use it as an additional "tone control" using whichever position you thought sounded better.