rabies
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I posted a while back about the Stiletto Deuce II I bought from Mesa Hollywood and returned 3 times for bad tubes and finally they issued me a refund (after yelling at Petaluma guys, etc.)
Now I think I used the same cable (I have 3 spkr cables right now) on one side of my Rivera S120 with masters running @ noon @ 120 watts of power. Now the JJ E34L (which are max a few months old and I only crank max once a week nowadays) are sounding lifeless all of a sudden.
I remember the ohms on the back of the spkr jack of the amp (one of the jacks) did not match exactly the ohms of the Marshall cab input (it was 8 --> 16 IIRC). So the amp was at 8 and cab at 16 which according to mesa manuals is ok to do (8 amp --> 4 cab is bad!)
Is it possible this core x2 spkr cable is bad and how can I test it? It worked fine at the studio and no shorts, pops, etc. I haven't had too many issue with eurotubes JJ's at all...
Maybe it was the settings on my amp when I played at home after the studio jam. I did notice that the KT77 side sounded louder than the JJE34L side when I played at home after studio jam. less headroom with exact same settings, cables, etc.? seems like a power tube issue.
Any good spkr cables to recommend? I have a Monster pro that seems ok so far...
Now I think I used the same cable (I have 3 spkr cables right now) on one side of my Rivera S120 with masters running @ noon @ 120 watts of power. Now the JJ E34L (which are max a few months old and I only crank max once a week nowadays) are sounding lifeless all of a sudden.
I remember the ohms on the back of the spkr jack of the amp (one of the jacks) did not match exactly the ohms of the Marshall cab input (it was 8 --> 16 IIRC). So the amp was at 8 and cab at 16 which according to mesa manuals is ok to do (8 amp --> 4 cab is bad!)
Is it possible this core x2 spkr cable is bad and how can I test it? It worked fine at the studio and no shorts, pops, etc. I haven't had too many issue with eurotubes JJ's at all...
Maybe it was the settings on my amp when I played at home after the studio jam. I did notice that the KT77 side sounded louder than the JJE34L side when I played at home after studio jam. less headroom with exact same settings, cables, etc.? seems like a power tube issue.
Any good spkr cables to recommend? I have a Monster pro that seems ok so far...