8 or 16ohm cab for live playing?

Stellings · November 10, 2016 at 5:45 PM

Good Day,

I was wondering what speaker OHMs option would be best to spec in a 1 x12" guitar cab for use with the Kemper for live gigs at bars? 8ohms or 16ohms?
Head room and volume are paramount as other guitarist and drummer both like to go to 11...Thank you

Trazan · November 10, 2016 at 5:54 PM

You will likely not find a guitar speaker that can handle more than 300 watts (which is what the Kemper will deliver into 16 ohm), so 16 or 8 ohm wouldn't matter for headroom or volume. Concentrate on the speakers wattage and sensitivity for that

SanctumSolaris · November 11, 2016 at 4:21 AM

I prefer 8 Ohm. Always feels like it has more punch.

Hurricane · November 11, 2016 at 9:38 AM

choose the 8-Ohm-speaker. You would get a better resale-Price -once you maybe wanna get rid of it - because 8-Ohm-Chassis are more versatile