Comparing 5 reactive loads

[EOengineer]

I use the OG Captor to capture DIs of my amps all the time but it’s always used with a real cab connected. Not an option for everyone but I find to get the best results I need to use a real speaker load that matches the IR I’m planning to use.

I keep meaning to grab the Suhr but it’s not perfect either.

 

[James Freeman]

Fractal's X-Load could have been perfect if they tuned the resonance frequemcy and its Q better.
To get it up to spec I had to mod it with quite expensive parts.

 

[The other John Browne]

Excellent video, Jon!

 

[nightlight]

Nice video, Jon.

I did notice you left out a couple of excellent and more popular loadboxes: the Suhr Reactive Load and the Fryette PS-2.

Here’s a comparison of the two, which is admittedly not as hi-fi as Jon’s video, but should serve as a good indicator.

 

[CorrosiveMatter]

Excellent video, Jon!

 

[mk5]

Small bump here. Close to pulling the trigger on a Suhr RL (OG one). Have an impedance question for slaving to a small SS mini SLO:

-Suhr RL is 8 ohms.
-NMV Marshall is selectable 4/8/16.
-Marshall 4x12 cab is 16 ohms.
-Soldano Mini SLO (to slave) has two outs that are labeled “8-16 ohms” each.

So do I set the Marshall head at 8 or 16 ohms?

Guitar>NMV Marshall>speaker out>
Suhr RL>unbalanced line out from Suhr>fx>
Soldano Mini loop return>Soldano speaker out>Marshall 4x12?

Thinking it’s 8 since the Suhr is holding the load, but want to be .

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Small bump here. Close to pulling the trigger on a Suhr RL (OG one). Have an impedance question for slaving to a small SS mini SLO:

-Suhr RL is 8 ohms.
-NMV Marshall is selectable 4/8/16.
-Marshall 4x12 cab is 16 ohms.
-Soldano Mini SLO (to slave) has two outs that are labeled “8-16 ohms” each.

So do I set the Marshall head at 8 or 16 ohms?

Guitar>NMV Marshall>speaker out>
Suhr RL>unbalanced line out from Suhr>fx>
Soldano Mini loop return>Soldano speaker out>Marshall 4x12?

Thinking it’s 8 since the Suhr is holding the load, but want to be .

You only have to set the amp to the load impedance. So 8ohms for the Suhr.