alethomantis
Member
I don't feel like I'm missing anything regarding the feel when playing through monitors or headphones, however when playing through the SS power amp + cab (SD Powerstage 170), I feel like I don't get the same headroom as when playing through the equivalent tube head (which might be due to the SS amp compression, I don't know). So far the amps I compared to were the EVH5150III and the JVM205 Heads through a Marshall 4x12. The tube amps just seem to have that extra bounce and transparent note attack vs the more congested feel of the Axe+SSPA combo. YMMV. The last few FW updates (9-12 especially) have been a constant improvement in that sense though so keeping fingers crossed for some more Cliff epiphanies