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Mesa/Boogie Roadster User Manual

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PAGE 28
SPEAKER IMPEDANCE MATCHING & HOOK-UP GUIDE: (Continued)
PARALLEL:
When wiring in parallel, the resistance of the speakers decreases. Two 8 ohm speakers wired in ( hooked-up )
Parallel results in a 4 ohm load. It’s easy to calculate the effect of a resistive load when all the speakers are all the same resistance.
It is really not suggested to wire different resistive load values in Parallel ( 8 and 4, 16 and 8 etc. ) The formula for figuring the total
impedance in Parallel is the multiplication of the two loads divided by the sum of the two loads - i.e. putting two 8 ohm speakers in
Parallel results in a 4 ohm load. Connect the Positive side of Speaker A to the Positive side of Speaker B - Connect the Negative
side of Speaker A to the Negative side of Speaker B.
COMBINATION OF SERIES & PARALLEL:
This is really just two sets of Series wired speakers connected in Parallel. This is
how you maintain a consistent load with multiple speakers. The importance of this is more evident when you have more than one
cabinet to connect to your amplifier. This is when you need to figure out the loads and how to wire them up without applying too low
of a resistance on the amplifier.
Simply connect the Positive side of Speaker A to the Posi-
tive side of Speaker C.
Connect the Negative side of Speaker A to the Positive
side of Speaker B. Next, connect the Negative side of
Speaker B to the Negative side of Speaker D.
And lastly, connect the Positive side of Speaker D to the
Negative side of Speaker C.
4 Eight ( 8 ) Ohm speakers wired in Series Parallel = a
Total Load of 8 Ohms.
POSITIVE
Speaker A
8 Ohms
Speaker B
8 Ohms
NEGATIVE
Total Load = 4 Ohms
B
L
B
L
SPEAKER A
SPEAKER B
SPEAKER C
SPEAKER D
NEGATIVE
All 4 Spkrs. are 8 Ohms
POSITIVE
B
L
A
A
B
L
A
A
B
L
A
A
B
L
A
A

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Mesa/Boogie Roadster Specifications

General IconGeneral
Channels4
ReverbYes
Effects LoopYes
TypeTube
EQTreble, Mid, Bass per channel
FootswitchYes
Speaker Outputs4 Ohm, 8 Ohm, 16 Ohm
SpeakersNone (head version)
Tubes5 x 12AX7, 4 x 6L6
Wattage50W/100W (Switchable per channel)

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