Switching between two real cabs?

Axewave · March 15, 2015 at 9:36 AM

Hi,

Now that 3.0 direct profiles are giving us great tones on real cabs, I was wondering if I could use two different cabs with my Powerhead. It'd be great to have, say closed back 4x12 for crunch&hi-gain, and open back 2x12 for clean.

Now, would it be safe to use an A/B-box to switch between the cabs? Not sure if any A/B boxes are really designed for speaker level signals, or whether the power amp of the Powerhead could break because of switching.

TomR · March 15, 2015 at 1:36 PM

As far äs I remember there are Some Palmer switchers that can do the Trick.

Dorrus · March 15, 2015 at 10:12 PM

I use two cabs with a boss a- b switch and its working perfect, no problems at all
power rack monitor out speaker cable to ab switch input and two speaker cables ab switch output to two cabinets

Axewave · March 15, 2015 at 10:14 PM

Quote from Dorrus

I use two cabs with a boss a- b switch and its working perfect, no problems at all

Thanks Dorrus! Still to doublecheck, do you use it with a Powerhead or Powerrack?

Gabor · March 16, 2015 at 1:00 PM

Hy guys! How to obtein a good sound having a Kemper rack profiler , a power amp and a cabinet 4 x 12 ? I'm really new about ....everything...sorry! Even if i've been studing the Manual i really find it hard. I presume that it's easy but please help in some way. Thanks a lot!

Troy_e · March 16, 2015 at 9:02 PM

I have a Radial Twin-City active ABY switcher. Would it work with: PowerRack speaker out into Twin-City ABY - Twin-City ABY speaker cables out to two cabinets? What if one is 16ohm and the other 8ohm?

Thanks in advance!

Troy_e · March 16, 2015 at 9:48 PM

I'm thinking this would NOT work. Too much power going through the Radial lol

Dorrus · March 17, 2015 at 8:18 PM

Quote from Axewave

Thanks Dorrus! Still to doublecheck, do you use it with a Powerhead or Powerrack?

I'm using a power rack with Bogner cab