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It is a mean looking can. Specs below. Question: The specs say 8 ohm - 16 ohm. There are 2 inputs on the back, but neither are labeled. It is that either one will give me 8 ohms and both would be 16? It is even more confusing since it only says 16 (not 8) on the back. Thanks


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Panama Guitars Boca Mango Tobacco Sunburst Graphite 2x10 Cabinet w/ Big Ben 10 British 10'' Drivers

Designed and built in Panama using sustainable tonewoods and custom drivers, Boca Series speaker cabinets pack high-quality construction and killer tone into an attractive, portable size. Oversized cabinet dimensions provide impressive low-end not usually found in this class.

  • Packs high-quality construction and killer tone into an attractive, portable size
  • Big Ben 10 Drivers: This British voiced driver is designed to deliver low end punch with thick rich mids and mellow but well defined high end. Based on our original British Ceramic/Dark British Ceramic with a modified upper mid profile for a modern British voicing perfect for blues rock and metal.
  • Oversized 2x10 | 60W | 8Ω - 16Ω | Closed-back
 
Love my Panama Cab-- its actually my ONLY guitar cabinet-- several heads have run through it

Great build quality great tone
 
In discussing the same cab in a 2x8, this fellow says it is 16, or you can add another 16 ohm for 8 ohms in parallel. Does that sound right?
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New Cabinet - Panama Boca Series 2 X 8

Either jack will do. The second is if you want to add another cab, but only use another 16Ω cab. It will be in parallel for 8Ω.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Stick a cable in and read it with a meter...
It should read around 10% under the rated ohms
Likely a 16 Ohm cab, daisy-chainable.
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^ This. Only way to be sure since it's not labeled clearly.

Cab has a setup that is used for stereo or for daisy-chaining, and if its wired that way then the 16-ohm/8 in parallel makes sense.
 
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Thatbastarddon said:
Stick a cable in and read it with a meter...
It should read around 10% under the rated ohms
Likely a 16 Ohm cab, daisy-chainable.
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gball said:
^ This. Only way to be sure since it's not labeled clearly.

Cab has a setup that is used for stereo or for daisy-chaining, and if its wired that way then the 16-ohm/8 in parallel makes sense.
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OK, so plug in a speaker cable and test tip and sleeve, which should read 14.XX ohms, right?
 
RVA said:
OK, so plug in a speaker cable and test tip and sleeve, which should read 14.XX ohms, right?
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Yes. Give or take.
Low 7.xx would indicate 8 ohms...you could check for gball's scenario using two cables, and they would each read 7.xx-ish if it is so.
 
Panama responded to my inquiry as follows:

Cab can take both 8 ohm and 16 ohm connections. Both inputs work the same.

BTW, I measured the jacks and either one reads 11.3 ohms
 
:) -- er -- I have hooked all sorts of stuff up to mine -- 8- 16---- 4--- bass heads....its not blown up yet --- mine has the weirdo "attenuation" thing -- which I assume helps control flow or ---

Oh never mind I dont KNOW WTF I am talking about -- I plug things in 99.9% of the time they are fine--- the other .1% they go tFZZZZT -- and I offer to buy drummoid a sammich and drop it off at his house and he performs some voodoo ritual and does some sort of ancient Aleut Rain Dance --- and 5 minutes later it works like new---

(Guy is SPOOKY GIFTED) -- and he can SOLDER! ;)
 
RVA said:
So what about the Panama sggestion that it can take 8. The Panama head I want to hook up to it only does 4 or 8. Should I hook up a 16 only?
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They(and most others) consider it a “safe mismatch”-a 16 Ohm cab, plugged in to an 8 Ohm output on an amp. It’s not up to the speaker cab in question. It’s up to the amplifier manufacturer.

It will sound “different” than a matched pairing would. Not necessarily bad, just different.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
They(and most others) consider it a “safe mismatch”-a 16 Ohm cab, plugged in to an 8 Ohm output on an amp. It’s not up to the speaker cab in question. It’s up to the amplifier manufacturer.

It will sound “different” than a matched pairing would. Not necessarily bad, just different.
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So what I did was, I hooked it up through my Weber Amp switcher, which has an impedence output selector, and set it to 16 ohms. Should I switch back and forth from 16 to 8 and see if it sounds different? Is that safe?
 
Never used one. Dunno.
Panama told you it’s safe for their amp to see either 8 or 16 Ohms at the 8 Ohm output...right?
Does the Weber switch what the amp output sees? If yes...then(on your Panama amp) yes, BUT NOT while the amp is on.
 
ENGINEERING DEGREE -- cant play with gear without an Electrical Engineering degree--- :)
 
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