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Speaker impedance / polarity question

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Now I've sold the Dr Z cab I'm looking at my two 1x12 cabs and thinking about how they could be wired to be used together. Presently one has a 16 ohm G12H-30 Anniversary but I can swap that for an 8 ohm Creamback 65, thereby matching the 8 ohm WGS 12 65B in the Two Rock. However, Two Rock wire their cabs reverse polarity for some reason.

Guessing I can't run two cabs off one amp if one of them is reverse polarity? If I reverse the wires in the Two Rock cab will that have any implications for the amp that I should be aware of?

On a separate note I read that 65Amps offer an alnico blue as an upgrade on the G12H-30. Thinking I'd like to get one to put in the mix somewhere.

And, yes, yes.... I don't need reminding this is all meaningless for a guy that doesn't gig but I still want to sort it out. Cheers.

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You can reverse the polarity in the 2 rock cab, it won't change anything.
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sizzlingbadger wrote:You can reverse the polarity in the 2 rock cab, it won't change anything.
Thanks. Why the f'k would they routinely do that? Have it back-to-front?

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Make sure that you have some weird out of phase experience?
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