Flextone Manual Rev E; bookfile Page 49 Tuesday, September 8, 1998 10:31 AM
InsideYour Head: CABINET
FLEXTONE HD POWER OUTPUT:
The Flextone HD power output varies according to the ohm rating of the speaker cabinet combinations you hook up to it.
4 ohm cabinet = 150 watts per side / 300 watts total stereo 8 ohm cabinet = 100 watts per side / 200 watts total stereo 16 ohm cabinet = 60 watts per side / 120 watts total stereo
As you can see from the list above, the lower the ohms (load), the more power produced by the amplifier. That’s because speaker setups with lower ohm ratings allow more power to flow. So, in general, lower ohms = more volume available to rock your world with. The total surface area of the speakers involved makes a big difference, too. More surface area (in other words, bigger speakers, or more speakers) means more air can be moved, and, once again, that means more volume to do your voodoo with.
Unlike a tube amp, whose tone changes with different ohm loads, the Flextone HD retains the same great tone at any power level or load. This gives you the maximum
versatility in choosing cabinet setups, and switching amongst different cabinet setups 7•11 for different situations, without having your tone suffer.
The illustrations at the end of this booklet illustrate a number of common speaker cabinet configurations you might use with your Flextone HD. The two parallel outputs on each HD channel give it lots of versatility for driving most any type of guitar speaker cabinet setup you’re likely to come across.
CARRYING A LOAD
Operating the Flextone HD without a load (that means without speakers attached) is OK! You do not need to have speakers connected to the amplifier in order to use the balanced Direct Outputs (you wouldn’t want to run a tube amplifier without a load).