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Topic: Do I need a Splitter cable to hook preamp to power amp? |
Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 2:48 pm |
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Heres what I'm working with.
I have 2 15" cabs I want to run. Do I need a splitter cable? Thanks
How would you hook this up?
Jeff
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Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:12 pm
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Well I used a simple male 1/4" to 2 Female 1/4" splitter from radioshack to try it out. I suppose its not a long term solution but It works for a test run.
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Dave Diehl
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Mechanicsville, MD, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:24 pm
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| Jeff, you first have to determine if you're going from an Unbalanced output to an Unbalanced or Balanced input on the power amp. It does make a big difference. If you find you're trying to split from Unbalanced to Balanced, let me know and I can provide you a source to get the correct cables made up. |
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 18 Feb 2017 3:50 pm Cable
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looks like the top piece is some sort of amp with a line out , hi and lo level,
the bottom piece looks like some sort of PA Amp.
If this is the case one shielded 1/4 jack is all you need
go from the low level first to the unbalanced line in channel 1 , make sure the sensitivity is all the way down.
Hook the cabinets to what ever ohms they are - most likely 8
play something , and bring up the sensitivity slowly. If you end up needing more signal , go over to the high level out, but be careful, 3volts is enough to drive a power amp.
1 volt is more like a keyboard or line out level.
This will be a monaural 2 speaker setup.
Then Sell all of that Peavy Pa junk and buy a real Steel Guitar Head that takes a 4 ohm load.
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Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 9:25 am
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Thanks George,
This is actually Guitar Equipment. I find it odd that you consider Peavey to be Junk? I have always found Peavey TO be a Great Company thats MADE IN THE USA.
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John Gould
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Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 11:26 am Hookup
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You could just come out of both outputs on the top unit and compensate for the gain difference with the sensitivity controls on the bottom unit .
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Jeff Metz Jr.
From:
York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 1:16 pm
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Well I just don't know the proper way to run this. The top unit is a Peavey Tube Pre amp, and the bottom is the Classic 60/60 Tube power amp. I want to run it in stereo using both channels of the 60/60
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 1:48 pm
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Your tube preamp appears to have a mono output, so using a 1/4" plug (the unbalanced output) split to 2 1/4" plugs (into the inputs of the 60/60 amp) would give you a 2 channel, monaural, feed for the amp. Plug in the proper speakers and enjoy. It's not true stereo, but will give you a nice big sound.
If you needed some kind of true stereo sound, then feed the preamp signal into a pedal (delay, reverb, or maybe a chorus) that has a stereo output to feed into the amp.
An alternative version of the above would be to use a monaural pedal and feed its output into one of the amps inputs. The other input would be straight from the preamp.
Hope this made sense.
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 3:17 pm I get it now.
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Now that I see what you are using , I take it back about thinking you were doing some makeshift rig with a PA head.
To answer your question , YES a Y Cable is all you need , 1/4 to 1/4 Shielded.
Take the Low Level out of the pre and go into unbalanced input 1 & 2.
Start with the Sensitivity's all the way down, work the volume up slowly as you want.
This is still a Monaural set up but should sound awesome.
Not certain which pre it is , - Rock Master or other breeds , they all will go into over drive so to keep your new rig Steel Guitar Clean - if that is what you are going for , then make sure the pre is run at clean , which usually means low gain and higher output. Then you can bring the power amp up more to result in a clean final set up.
Speaker wise , make sure to go to the ohms each speaker is.
I am interested in hearing a report on the final sound.
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John Gould
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Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 19 Feb 2017 5:24 pm Pre Amp
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I agree that you pre-amp appears to be a mono output.
I also agree that if you feed the output to a signal processing device like a reverb unit or some other signal processor you could get a simulation of a stereo signal .So at least the closest thing to a stereo rig. Unless you have a steel with 2 outputs going to a stereo pedal to a true stereo rig you are just simulating stereo . I'm not saying that you can't get a big fat round sound with a stereo simulation cause lots of folks do it that way and it sounds great .
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