KPA Headphone/Alternative Output staight into guitar cab ? (It works but...?)

  • a friend of mine told me that i could connect a headphone output to a guitar cab without a power amp (in my case a orange 4x12).


    i tried it out - it actually works, and is pretty loud also. i can even connect the alternative output to the KPA and it works.


    my question is, can i damage the KPA that way?

  • 8o 8o 8o :?: :?: :?: ?( ?( ?(


    ...really, I mean...you are driving a 4x12 with the HEADPHONE output????!!!!!???? And is loud? holy sh....can some Team members tell us how many W does the headphone output have?


    The Headphone output should be at 50-120 ohm, therefore connecting a 8 or 16ohm loudspeaker could theorethically damage the "power amp" if the difference in wattage would not be so huge...it wonders me that there is enough current to get the speaker moving at all....
    Never seen something like that...
    Armin, this is your field, what is your take?

    "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" Serghei Rachmaninoff


  • I'm surprised by this.
    Usually headphone outs are capacitively coupled and so you require a suitable impedance to ensure full low end response.
    Do it not sound thin? ?(
    When you say loud, loud enough for a drummer?

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    When you say loud, loud enough for a drummer?

    Hahahaha :D :D :D :D :D Now we know why they call him "Amplifier" They have just forgot to mention that the headphone out is 100W 8 ohm... 8o

    "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" Serghei Rachmaninoff


  • not really loud enough for a drummer, but definately loud enough to piss off your neigbours.


    its also works wirh the alternative output on the KPA.


    my friend used to do this with his line 6 POD, so he told me to try it with the KPA.

  • not really loud enough for a drummer, but definately loud enough to piss off your neigbours.


    its also works wirh the alternative output on the KPA.

    You mean the monitor out?

    "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" Serghei Rachmaninoff