Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Bishop
The SWR Goliath III is a nice cab with a 105db SPL rating. Why would you want to get rid of that cab? Is it an 8 ohm cabinet? I'd keep it.
Stick with 8 ohm cabinets always. Again, this is where you will recognize significant coverage differences because you can always add more 8 ohm cabinets than you can 4 ohm cabinets. Simply put: 2 - 8 ohm cabinets running parallel is a 4 ohm load and will pull whatever the 4 ohm indicated output level of the amp is, BUT, because you have more speakers, you'll recognize significant volume coverage. BTW the difference you hear between 1 4-ohm cabinet and 1 8-ohm cabinet individually running from the same amp is nominal. AB it and see for yourself. Another case for sticking with 8 ohm cabinets.
The best way for you to hear this put to the test is do this:
Scenario 1: Hook up a quality 4-ohm cabinet (ex. 1
210XST(4)) to the amp (assuming the amp can handle a 4-ohm load). Then play and listen.
Scenario 2: Hook up 2 quality 8-ohm cabinets (ex. 2 210XST(8)'s) to the same amp. Then play and listen. You WILL hear the difference from Scenario 1 above and realize a significant increase in coverage.
NOTE: Under Scenario 2 and if the amp can handle a 2 ohm load, you can still add 2 more 8 ohm cabinets for even more coverage!!! If you haven't heard this, you must try it one time in your life. : )
Granted, you may not need the additional coverage, but WHY limit yourself???
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I really, really appreciate that response!
I've had my
SWR Goliath III for a long while. When I first acquired my
Eden Traveler Plus, I used it to power my
SWR for quite a while (sounded great to me!). I was speaking to a sales guy when I bought the
Shuttle, informing him I had the
SWR. He told me that, at about 350-400 watts feeding into the
SWR from the
Eden, it was a wonder I hadn't damaged my
SWR a long time ago, as I was under-powering the cab. He said the
Goliath III needed
a minimum of 600 watts to run efficiently.
I was a little shaken after that conversation, as I did not want to "tear up" my
Goliath! However, as I mentioned before, I had apparently been "under-powering" my
Goliath for a long while (according to the sales guy), with no obvious adverse effects at all.
I started running the
SWR Golith III (8 ohms) with my
Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 & 210 GB cab (8 ohms) at church three weeks ago (the
Shuttle pumps 600 watts at 4 ohms). All I can say is, it sounds
great and, so far, so good!