Milkman PS Mini extension speaker

[Karen Sarkisian]

My Milkman has 2 speaker outputs, both 4ohm's. I would like to add an extension speaker to it but dont know what speaker to try. I tried the TT12 but it is 8ohms and no sound came out of it. Is this normal? I figured it was safe to plug an 8ohm speaker into it (using a speaker cable) but no sound. Could someone recommend a 4ohm lightweight 12" speaker? thx!

[Larry Dering]

No reason you didn't get sound. I would contact Tim and find out whats wrong.

[Karen Sarkisian]

Ok thanks Larry will do

[Steve Lipsey]

Spoke to Tim about extensions. My Pedal Steel Mini is 8 ohms, he switched a while ago from 4, but what he said about the second speaker is that it would help dispersion but wouldn't make it louder.

[Jim Robbins]

You might want to try a 15". That's what I use as a PS Mini extension and I have been mic'ing it rather than the 12" on gigs. I got it from Tim.

[Steve Lipsey]

By the way, if you plug only into the ext jack with nothing in the main jack, there will be no sound and that is just how it works

[Bob Hoffnar]

It’s that TT speaker ! Due to the flux capacitor giving the TT the capabilities of playing notes at extreme speed the resonant reactor inverter cannot recognize notes played below 1000 bpm. My suggestion is to use a speaker designed for moderate tempos like the fender Utah or play much faster all the time.

[Karen Sarkisian]

It’s that TT speaker ! Due to the flux capacitor giving the TT the capabilities of playing notes at extreme speed the resonant reactor inverter cannot recognize notes played below 1000 bpm. My suggestion is to use a speaker designed for moderate tempos like the fender Utah or play much faster all the time.

thanks Bob, playing faster is not an option at the moment . i will try a different speaker.

[Tim Marcus]

the two speaker outputs are bonded together using 18ga bus wire, so its highly unlikely that one would be disconnected from the other.

However: if you purchased the amplifier used, there is always the possibility that someone changed that output to something else or requested me to customize it in some other way when they ordered it.

If you are using the TT speaker from Eminence, there is also a very good possibility that you do not have the wire in the terminals properly. Its fairly easy to make that mistake because of the way the terminals work on that particular speaker. The best thing to do would be to invest in an inexpensive multimeter and test your cabinet on the ohms setting of the meter. It should read about 3.6ohms at the end of the speaker cable.

And Steve makes a good point. The main speaker jack will shunt to ground if nothing is plugged in, rendering the extension jack mute (because as I said above, they are bonded together with 18ga bus wire). So if you are wanting to use only the extension cabinet, you will need to unplug the internal speaker and use the main output. This is typical Fender wiring - the shunt is there to protect the amp from being played with no speaker attached

[Karen Sarkisian]

ugh okay thanks, i am going to have my amp tech take a look at it...