I've got a ton of Friedman and Marshall JCM800 Kemper Profiles, Tonex Captures, AXE-III models and a 2018 BE-100 and Channel 2 on the IR-J sounds totally different than all of them. It's got a prominent upper mid EQ that stands out and I mean waaay out.
I'm real-time switching between a real BE-100 on HBE mode with the S switch to the Left, Tonex Captures, Kemper Profiles and AXE BE-100 and Marshall JCM800 models all using the same IR in the AXE and turning off the IR in the IR-J and the IR-J really stands out as it's own thing,
totally different than all of them.
Channel 2 on the IR-J doesn't have the sizzle that the amp, Captures, Profiles or AXE models can get and I wonder if it's from not having a power amp Presence response you can really adjust. I mean it has a Presence
setting that you can click on three times but it never gets close to the amps sizzle. I've got the Treble dimed and it's not enough for me. I usually run my amps Presence at like 5 or 6 (unless it's the JVM, that's like 0-1). I guess I could run the IR-J into the Return of one of my amps, crank up the Presence and see where I land. Probably too much tinnitus...
I wish I could try the real deal JEL Amp. Somebody needs to run one of these pedals into the Return of the JEL amp and compare that.
Also, Channel 2 on the IR-J is super smooth and polished, like way smoother than the typical Friedman smooth Marshall sound.
I have to decide if I like the upper mid hump sound of the IR-J Channel 2 and the lack of what I would want in way of sizzle. This shit is such a rabbit hole. I haven't even tried Channel 1 yet.