The Komet Amplification speaker cabinet lineup is another excellent option. Please see our
website
www.kometamps.com
for full speaker cabinet information.
Whichever cabinet you
do use,
make sure
you set the impedance selector correctly. If you use two cabinets, keep in
mind that the outputs are in parallel. This means that if you are operating the amplifier on
two, 16 Ohm cabinets, you must set the amplifier’s impedance selector to the 8 Ohm setting.
If you operating on two, 8 Ohm cabinets, set the selector to 4 Ohms. We do not recommend
using two, 4 Ohm cabinets. Speaker wiring diagrams are located at the end of this owner’s
manual.
A Special Note on Speaker Cable
,
Cabinets and Speakers
: It is crucial that you always
maintain a solid, un-interrupted signal between your amplifier and speaker cabinet. Sub-
standard speaker cables as well as sub-standard cabinet wiring can become problematic,
intermittent and fail over time. This can possibly causing damage to your amplifier and
speakers. We recommend that you use quality brand speaker cables
(18 gauge is sufficient)
made
with quality male input plugs. The speaker cable plugs should be soldered directly on to
the internal speaker cable wires. Using a quality made speaker cable will ensure a tight fit
from the amplifier’s speaker jacks to the speaker cabinet.
Your speaker cabinet should be equipped with a quality brand input jack. We prefer and use
the Switchcraft
#11 mono input on our cabinets, amplifiers and vintage repairs. Many
vintage speaker cabinets from the 1960’s to 1970’s used the #11 jack. It is reliable, solid and
time tested. Many modern made brand speaker cabinets use the Switchcraft
#11, but not all.
Some manufacturers have their speaker jacks panel mounted on the back of their cabinets
which incorporate an internal circuit board on which the jacks are soldered. This type of
system is not designed for a type #11 jack, and conversion to the #11 can be very tedious. All
electrical work should be performed by a professional and knowledgeable technician.
We also strongly urge you to inspect and make sure that all of your internal speaker cabinet
wire leads are
soldered
at the speaker jack and soldered at the speaker terminals. We
do not
recommend using the "slide on" type gripping speaker wire terminals. These grip type
terminals loosen over time causing an interruption or failure of the signal. These
recommendations help guarantee a solid,
un-interrupted signal
from the amplifier to the
speakers at all times.
NOTE
:
Komet
Amplification recommends using resistive load attenuation devices
in
conjunction with any Komet
amplifier and speaker cabinet. Please see our website
www.kometamps.com
for further information on the Komet
Airbrake
attenuator. The
Komet Airbrake owner’s manual is also located at the end of this manual.
A Note Regarding the Bright Switch on the Komet
Songwriter
30
The Komet
Songwriter’s three position bright switch is the only added feature that was not
incorporated on Ken Fischer’s original Trainwreck
Songwriter’s
circuit. We decided to
add this switch to allow the ability for a guitar player to achieve a slight variance in the
overall "brightness" of the amplifier, especially for guitar players with single coil pickups.
The brightness factor, as described in this owner’s manual, is subtle.
(continued)
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