EQing for Real Cabs

[sprint]

Hi

Question from IR Newbie Here.

I've used mostly FRFR since owning my Axe but I have a couple of Marshall Cabs that I wanted to try out. I selected my favorite higher gain marshally FRFR patch, turned off the Cab, and redirected bo my rocktron velocity 300 X 2 Marshall 2/12 cabs. I was amazed at how flat the cabs sounded with no other adjustment (no bottom, weak highs). Anyway I was able to get the cabs sounding as good as the FRFR but only with a massive boost to low / high end with peq just before the output. Sounded pretty good but I was surprised how much EQ was needed to get the Cabs sounding as full as the FRFR. Is this typical, are the stock IRs that Eq'd, or are my cabs that bad?

 

[Plankis]

Where are you listening? Probably not where the mic that captured the impulse was, dead on the speaker. Mics tend to exaggerate the lows too when they're close to the source.