8 ohm amp into 16 ohm cab. Safe?

ozweepay · Mar 24th 2017

Not sure if I'm posting in the right forum. But I'm thinking of running an SLA-1 100 WATT 8 ohm power amp into a 16 ohm 1x12 cabinet. The cab has a V30 60 Watt speaker. Is it safe to mismatch the ohms? Thanks for any info.

paults · Mar 24th 2017

Power amps should not be run below their minimum load ( the SLA-1 is safe to run a 4 ohm load when bridged mono), but a higher load should not be a problem.

David C · Mar 24th 2017

Higher ohms are no worries, but it will be louder into an 8 ohm speaker.

Cili · Mar 24th 2017

Yeah, it's fine!

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