I plan to get a PS but still deciding on which to get.
I plan to use mine with tube amps, a Kemper and preamps.
I watched this video from 10 years ago and that all makes sense to me but I had a question about using the 2nd speaker out connected to a real cab so I can hear that if I wanted. Maybe not practical but I was thinking that this might be something that is possible if I find I ever wanted to do this. I see that the PS100 has only one speaker out ATM. any plans to add a 2nd?
No immediate plans to update the PS-100 with a second SPKR OUT that I know of. But I always make a note of these things so you never know for the future.
i have been doing more reading since i posted this. i did find an interesting thread (that i cannot find now) where someone took the speaker out into a cab and then the parallel out back into the PS.
not sure what i mentioned is worth it or if i would ever need to do it.
when i find that thread i will post a link here in case someone is interested.
Let’s make the reactive load the same impedance as your 16 Ohm cab, so set AMPLIFIER Impedance Selector to 16 Ohms. Now the total load on the PS-2A’s power amp will be your 16 Ohm cab + the 16 Ohms reactive load; this is 8 Ohms, so set SPEAKER Impedance Selector to 8 Ohms.
Self-attenuation seems like it might be great subject to add to the manual to cut down on these types of questions IMO. i have seen the videos but i have not seen one asking about the addition of a cab.
I did see this thread where the person was doing what i plan to do BUT this person used the same impedance on the AMP IN (reactive load) and the SPKR OUT.
I was under the impression that when a speaker cable is connected to SPKR OUT ONE, the RL part of the PS is Bypassed and without a speaker cable connected to SPKR OUT ONE, the RL cannot be Bypassed. This is done to avoid damage to the connected amp as in the RL part of the PS cannot be Bypassed no matter what to avoid damaging the amp.
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The SPEAKER 1 jack has an open load protection feature. If no cable is connected to this jack the Power Station will remain locked in BYPASS/STANDBY mode regardless of the front panel Standby switch setting.
I saw that thread after my last post and I thought that maybe the switch settings should be the same after all like in that thread.
Yes, SPKR1 will force the PS-2A into BYPASS (i.e. standby) when disconnected: toggling between OPERATE/BYPASS on the front panel will have no effect. This protects the PS-2A’s tube power amp from being unloaded (open load condition).
AMP IN is always connected directly to the reactive load in OPERATE. In this way your amp can never see an open load. In BYPASS it connects to your speaker (SPKR OUT).
So in self-attenuation mode, connecting SPKR1 to AMP IN the PS-2A’s tube amp will always see a reactive load when in OPERATE or in BYPASS. If you also use SPKR2 it will see reactive load in parallel with your speaker.
You can still put the PS-2A BYPASS if you wish. This is just like standby in a tube amp. It turns off the high voltage to the power tubes so whether it sees a load or not, it does not matter.
