I’m doing some research for my next amp purchase right now. Currently I use a Jet City JCA20H (20 watt tube amp) with two 112 speaker cabinets. I play through a Boss GT-8. The amp head just doesn’t have the headroom that I need, and I’m sick of having to be mic’d up because I come to a lot of gigs with morons in charge of the mixer. Since the GT-8 is a preamp, I am planning on getting the Electro-Harmonix 44 Magnum power amp.

I need something loud and clean, and for cheap, and I think this is a good solution.I would stick with the tube amp, but like I said it doesn’t cut it for me anymore.It sounds great medium-high volumes, but breaks up too easily at high volumes for cleans that I need.

I’ve read reviews, and for the price and function it’s just what I need. However, I’m a bit concerned. I have two 112 (16 ohm each, safe to play at 8ohm) cabinets and the power amp has only one output. Is it safe for me to get a 1/4 inch signal splitter so that I can use both cabinets with the 44 magnum? What will be the ohm rating if I use the two cabinets this way?

As for volume, will this be loud enough with the two 112 cabinets that I won’t need to be mic’d up? I don’t play with a particularly loud band.

Thanks in advance.