Rocketman1281734065 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Hey, Is there any way to use 16 ohm speakers with the 4 ohn valve junior combo. It sounds very weak when I oatch it into my two 16 ohm speaker cabinet thanks Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cGil Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Yes. Your two 16ohm cabs connected in parallel will be an 8ohm load to the amp. Inside the amp, there should be an unused 8ohm speaker tap wire, and it's coiled up underneath the speaker jack circuit board. Attach that wire to a second speaker jack and connect the grounds, or just rewire the one jack you have with it. Here's some handy speaker cab wiring info. http://www.tubesandmore.com/scripts/foxweb.dll/extpage@d:/dfs/elevclients/cemirror/ELEVATOR.FXP?page=TECHWIRING Gil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman1281734065 Posted June 21, 2008 Author Share Posted June 21, 2008 Gil, Thanks for the reply. I unfortunately can't see how I can easily get to that wire you speak of. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cGil Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 Well, ya gotta unscrew the back panel and take it off. Electric screwdrivers are especially good for taking the "work" out of this. Then you gotta pry up the four plastic screw covers in the top and remove the screws that are underneath 'em. Then just slide the chassis out and look in the back left corner under the output jack. There's a loose wire coiled up and taped off. If you turn the amp over and look at the label on the OT, you can use that info to confirm the color of the 8ohm speaker tap wire. Mine's downstairs and I forget what it was, but all the information you need to figure out this job is right there on that label. Gil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eracer_Team Posted June 22, 2008 Share Posted June 22, 2008 as Gil says: there is an extra wire in there attached to the output transformer for you to add a jack for an 8ohm connection... so you would need to drill one 1/4" hole, install a connector and solder the wire to the jack; that way you'd have a 4 and an 8.. or just disconnect the 4ohm wire and solder in the 8 ohm wire to the same jack... Hmmm guess this would make you a mod'er... Watch out that you didn't daisy chain the two 16ohm speakers since that would make 32ohms... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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