Layer8Cake
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I‘ve owned the usual suspects when it comes to digital rigs playing first through a pair of HS8s and more recently through A7Xs.
I invariably fall out of love with it and go back to an amp with a cab but this time round, given the design, I’ve been using my AF3/FC6 with my 5153 (50w) in 4CM and love it.
That inspired me to use the 5153 as a power amp and love it. (This is a record for me in terms of having a digital rig and not flipping it).
The 5153 power is pretty clean and I think I’m missing out having sag set to zero to bypass power amp modelling so want to get a power amp fro my rig.
id like stereo but it’s not essential (I have 2 beautiful Zilla 212s). I’ve been looking at the usual suspects:
Powerstage 700
GT1000fx
Im not considering the power station 2 as it was too noisy (fans). When I stop playing I want nothing louder than the AF3 (I play at home).
To complicate the decion process, and because I also like valve amps, I’ve spent a lot of time watching @Guitarjon‘s excellent videos which has inspired me to look at getting a load box for use with my AF3. This in turn has lead me to consider the Boss Waza TAE to use as a load box and also a power amp.
The alternative would be to get the powerstage or matrix and the Suhr reactive load (the FAS loadbox is out of stock).
What do you think on these approaches? Anything else I should consider? Is anyone using the TAE?
option 1: Power stage 700 and Suhr RL
option 2: Matrix gt1000fx and Suhr RL
option 3 Boss Waza
i want to try the approach @Guitarjon uses for recording (and playing through a cab) so am letting this influence my power amp decision and would like some real world feedback ( eg is it a noisier approach and only suited to recording?)
I invariably fall out of love with it and go back to an amp with a cab but this time round, given the design, I’ve been using my AF3/FC6 with my 5153 (50w) in 4CM and love it.
That inspired me to use the 5153 as a power amp and love it. (This is a record for me in terms of having a digital rig and not flipping it).
The 5153 power is pretty clean and I think I’m missing out having sag set to zero to bypass power amp modelling so want to get a power amp fro my rig.
id like stereo but it’s not essential (I have 2 beautiful Zilla 212s). I’ve been looking at the usual suspects:
Powerstage 700
GT1000fx
Im not considering the power station 2 as it was too noisy (fans). When I stop playing I want nothing louder than the AF3 (I play at home).
To complicate the decion process, and because I also like valve amps, I’ve spent a lot of time watching @Guitarjon‘s excellent videos which has inspired me to look at getting a load box for use with my AF3. This in turn has lead me to consider the Boss Waza TAE to use as a load box and also a power amp.
The alternative would be to get the powerstage or matrix and the Suhr reactive load (the FAS loadbox is out of stock).
What do you think on these approaches? Anything else I should consider? Is anyone using the TAE?
option 1: Power stage 700 and Suhr RL
option 2: Matrix gt1000fx and Suhr RL
option 3 Boss Waza
i want to try the approach @Guitarjon uses for recording (and playing through a cab) so am letting this influence my power amp decision and would like some real world feedback ( eg is it a noisier approach and only suited to recording?)