I did try one of these IR's against my regular IR. Elements of the tube distortion were there. And the chug was definitely nicer and more pronounced. I am all for for adding harmonic complexity. But, the loss of clarity and definition was too much for me. It also seemed less organic and displaced. Perhaps, because it was used in a different evvironment than it was generated in.
My experience is that it isn't easy to add complexity with a general strategy that feels organic and has a sense that it was "meant to be." I feel the same way about Room IR's. There are elements I like. And yet, it feels foreign and out of place in other environments,
I remember when everybody said a post-PI master volume would never work because a dual pot would not have a matched resistance that was close enough.for a push-pull power amp.
Collective blind spots are all-around us and untouched,