Can I use a 16ohm speaker cab with a Mesa Boogie Mark IV?

[VanRipper]

I have a marshall 2x12 speaker cabinet loaded with 1 vintage and 1 heritage speaker. It is a 16ohm cabinet. Can I connect a Mesa Boogie Mark IV head to this cabinet? I don't see a 16 ohm speaker out on the mesa head. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Ed

 

[fatboy135]

yes the perfect matching is the same output impendance from the amp and the same input impedance of the cabinet.
but if you can´t match the impedances is perfectly to get a CABINET WITH HIGHER IMPEDANCE THAN OUTPUT IMPEDANCE OF THE AMP.
The matter with this issue is that you will feel a less power.
If you do the opposite thing. Connect less impedance of cabinet that output impendance you maybe will destroy your power tubes, and transforms

 

[t0aj15]

I have a marshall 2x12 speaker cabinet loaded with 1 vintage and 1 heritage speaker. It is a 16ohm cabinet. Can I connect a Mesa Boogie Mark IV head to this cabinet? I don't see a 16 ohm speaker out on the mesa head. Any suggestions?Thanks,Ed

Yes, just plug it into the 8 ohm output, Or since it is a 16 ohm cab you have two eight ohm speakers wired in series, you could rewire the speaker cab for parallel (a simple operation) and plug it into the 4 0hm output of the Mark IV. The latter suggestion will be a more correct impedence match.