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Speaker ohms & goodness.?

i have an orange dual terror amp head, with optional outputs of 16, 8, 8 ohm cabs. im wanting to run it with my rogue 212 amp, but using the rogue just as cab, it has a place to unplug the speakers. (i hope thatakes sense). i have the stock speaker which was blown when i got it in, along with a 8 ohm bass speaker. the cab is wired in series, so my first question, is does the blown speaker effect the output such. my second.question is im wanting to put in new speakers, since its wired in series, i'll want 2 8ohm to run in 16 ohm channel. correct?thanks for any help. im just wanting to cross my t's dot the i's, before i buy new speakers.thanks again.

Answer:

Do not connect the blown speaker to your amp. Blown speakers have unpredictable impedance (ohms) and there is a possibility it may damage your amp. Connect only the good speaker to the amp. Connect the output of the head to that speaker by itself. You may have to make a dedicated speaker cable to do this. It would have a 1/4 inch connector on one end and speaker terminals on the other. Make sure the wire from the rogue amp are not connected to the speaker. You really should get a proper amp cab for your head as soon as possible.

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