BillyZeppa
Power User
this. very this.
"amp in the room" is just the sound bouncing off the room at that moment. many people go from a real guitar cab to a new-fangled FRFR speaker. and to compare the 2, they point the guitar cab at their ankles like usual, then the FRFR directly at their face/ears in wedge position. then they wonder why the FRFR has so much more high end and sounds more direct. well, it's facing your ears directly
for comparison's sake, put that new FRFR in the exact same direction - on the floor, facing forward toward your ankles. then turn it up. the sound will bounce around the room, which is exactly the "amp in the room" sound.
..So the thing they're after is 'real CAB in the room' sound. It's probably the label 'amp in room' that creates so many confused threads.
So, to get this 'cab in the room' sound, the only way is with a room (acoustic space), and a cab in that room, at a specific location, orientation, dB level, and dispersion pattern. I bet a lot of people don't sort this out first, before making comparisons.
So, to get this 'cab in the room' sound, the only way is with a room (acoustic space), and a cab in that room, at a specific location, orientation, dB level, and dispersion pattern. I bet a lot of people don't sort this out first, before making comparisons.
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