Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S - Manual (Page 49)

Inside Your Head: C ABINET H OOK - UPS
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F LEXTONE HD P OWER O UTPUT :
The Flextone HD power output varies according to the ohm rating of the speaker
cabinet combinations you hook up to it.
4 ohm cabinet = 150 watts per side / 300 watts total stereo
8 ohm cabinet = 100 watts per side / 200 watts total stereo
16 ohm cabinet = 60 watts per side / 120 watts total stereo
As you can see from the list above, the lower the ohms (load), the more power
produced by the amplifier. That’s because speaker setups with lower ohm ratings allow
more power to flow. So, in general, lower ohms = more volume available to rock your
world with. The total surface area of the speakers involved makes a big difference, too.
More surface area (in other words, bigger speakers, or more speakers) means more air
can be moved, and, once again, that means more volume to do your voodoo with.
Unlike a tube amp, whose tone changes with different ohm loads, the Flextone HD
retains the same great tone at any power level or load. This gives you the maximum
versatility in choosing cabinet setups, and switching amongst different cabinet setups
for different situations, without having your tone suffer.
The illustrations at the end of this booklet illustrate a number of common speaker
cabinet configurations you might use with your Flextone HD. The two parallel outputs
on each HD channel give it lots of versatility for driving most any type of guitar
speaker cabinet setup you’re likely to come across.
C ARRYING A L OAD
Operating the Flextone HD without a load (that means without speakers
attached) is OK! You do not need to have speakers connected to the
amplifier in order to use the balanced Direct Outputs (you wouldn’t want
to run a tube amplifier without a load).
Flextone Manual Rev E; bookfile Page 49 Tuesday, September 8, 1998 10:31 AM