Requesting some advice on using PowerRack with a Marshall 4x12 please.
I did my first shows with my brand new KEMPER PowerRack this weekend. I have a Marshall Celestion loaded cab wired in series rated at 16 ohms, and , I must be honest and say this set up isn't very powerful at all.... I am not a very loud player but my old rig, an old ADA MIDI preamp into Rocktron 300w poweramp then into the same cabinet blew the KEMPER into the middle of next week.
I rarely had the ADA and Rocktron amp above 4 on respective volumes but the KEMPER was running almost on full power to make it comparable to my old rig on less than half of its capability.
I obviously checked the speaker out was being used, checked speaker cable, engaged the poweramp boost, checked input and output settings, made sure MONO was set on monitor out, I pushed up individual output volumes of the rigs in performance mode, made sure cab was taken out of Monitor output, disengage noise gate... I got through the shows but I am not happy running the KEMPER at almost full throttle, it doesn't give me the same confidence I had with my old rig.
I assume that I could rewire my cab into 8ohms but would this fix the lack of volume issue?
I tested the cab with the ADA and Rocktron setup and the cables and the output volume achievable really is at least twice that of my PowerRack set at almost full.... I am confused and slightly worried....
Any advice is welcome - thanks