BOSS WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core (Reactive Load)
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BOSS - WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core | Reactive Load Box
WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core: Reactive Load Box - Advanced Creative Tools for Studio-Grade Tube Amp Tones
Seems pretty solid, depending on pricing.
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Yeah I saw that this morning. I thought by core it would probably not have all the digital effects and stuff, but I guess this is just the TAE minus power amp. Curious what the street price will be too, it’s tough out here on these streets with the Suhr RL going for $350.
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$699. Still has a 30w power amp.
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BOSS - WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core | Reactive Load Box
WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core: Reactive Load Box - Advanced Creative Tools for Studio-Grade Tube Amp Toneswww.boss.info
Seems pretty solid, depending on pricing.
Didn't pass TGF approval though: *Mesa Boogie Dual and Triple Rectifier amplifiers are not supported.
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That's an interesting disclaimer. Are Rectos actually above their rated wattage, or is the lack of negative feedback an issue for this loadbox?
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@Whizzinby Time to re-re-refresh the TGF Approved Product List™
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We should sticky that mutha!
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Maybe they've expanded the range of amps they'll blow up! 
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***updated***
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JiveTurkey
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I'm dead AND I'm dead 
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this should be a separate sticky topic***updated***
TGF Receptiveness List 2025
Positive
- Fractal
- Line 6
- Minus HX One and HX One adjacent products
- Mesa
- RIP Fluff
- Marshall
- Friedman
- Minus La Szum
- Synergy
- ENGL
- Strymon
Rage
- Neural DSP
- IK Multimedia
- GearTuber’s not named Leon Todd or John Cordy
- Meris pedals with the bubble menus
- Chase Bliss
- Fender digital products
- Universal Audio pedals
- Boss reactive loads that don’t work with Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifiers
Meh
- Anything else by Boss that is not a 30 year old stomp box
- Everything else not explicitly covered above
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„Creative options include a helpful Mix Assist tool that ensures tracks fit perfectly within every mix, plus a unique Air Feel feature that authentically recreates “amp-in-room” sound with advanced spatial technology.“
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Yikes.
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add some kind of “Latency optimisation technology” and even if this was sold by the most hated manufacturers, it would have certain gear addicts frothing at the mouth.„Creative options include a helpful Mix Assist tool that ensures tracks fit perfectly within every mix, plus a unique Air Feel feature that authentically recreates “amp-in-room” sound with advanced spatial technology.“
Wonder how many Recto’s they blew up in testing. Unfortunately they’re far from the only amps with no NFB
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Didn't the original TAE get soured by having reports of it or amps failing due to the load reactiveness options? I wonder if that was due to no NFB amps too.
Vox AC30s would also have no negative feedback, but I guess those are low power enough that there's no risk.
I'd like to understand what exactly about no-NFB amps is a problem for this, considering it's not an issue for most loadboxes out there.
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735 € including Finnish VAT at Thomann. Pricy, but not absurd for the feature set. A lot cheaper than the bigger TAE (1369 €), and undercuts similar loadboxes too, eg. Suhr RL IR is 899 €.
After reviving my Fryette PS-100, I obviously have no plans to buy one, but if the product works well that would be a pretty solid option for home/studio situations...just depends on how that little 30W poweramp can manage.
I was trying the PS-100 + NAM models through an audio interface the other night, and there was so much volume on tap that setting the PS-100 on the "low" volume taper and turning the volume knob halfway was enough to give me probably something in the 95-100 dB @ 1m volume range. I'm guessing I was using maybe a few watts at most.
After reviving my Fryette PS-100, I obviously have no plans to buy one, but if the product works well that would be a pretty solid option for home/studio situations...just depends on how that little 30W poweramp can manage.
I was trying the PS-100 + NAM models through an audio interface the other night, and there was so much volume on tap that setting the PS-100 on the "low" volume taper and turning the volume knob halfway was enough to give me probably something in the 95-100 dB @ 1m volume range. I'm guessing I was using maybe a few watts at most.
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