Yes indeed, we were keen to be very transparent with our specifications with Reload II as we worked very hard on the load response. It is definitely worth a test if you get a chance to play with one — I am confident you wont be disappointed!
A Dual Rectifier on Red Channel Modern mode is usually the most revealing.
That's pretty close to the ideal curve shape. While it doesn't have as many small peaks and valleys as the SIC of a real cabinet does, the broad stroke features (which are what matters most) are well represented.
The headphone output sucks, wish they would have put something better in it.
Well, it's been in the market for a year now and every time we get them in, they sell out super fast - we have just had a stock drop so if you're interested in giving one a whirl, now is the chance! If you have any questions, let me know!
Thanks for getting in touch. Sadly I cant comment on our future roadmap plans but I can confirm we are working on a number of new hardware developments so please stay tuned for updates! :)
those picks in the curve means this is real load ?
Thanks for weighing in. Yes, this is our measured results from Reload II at the different impedance settings. Let me know if this clears things up a bit and if you have any other questions, let me know.
Ross you are great as always
Thanks for getting back to me and thanks for your kind words.
Really glad you guys redid the load, it's such an important part of the chain.
I'm pretty sure they don't have a single reference cabinet. The curve is an idealized curve of all Celestion drivers, iirc. Don't know if its meant to be a 4x12 though. I would imagine it is.
You are indeed correct here. We didn't actually reference a specific speaker / cabinet configuration. Instead we worked with Celestion to define and implement an average response across the Celestion driver line in a standard 4x12 cabinet. For us, this provided a more suitable load platform across various usage scenarios / user demographics and we are very pleased with the results — a lot of development and testing (including from yours truly) went into this as Reload II was always designed as a milestone evolution of our reactive load design based on the customer feedback amassed over the years. I hope this clears things up a little and if you have any other questions, please let me know!
And that makes perfect sense, because users ultimately want to use the device with impulses from a wide variety of speakers.
Thanks for getting back to me and that's a nice suggestion! Consider it fed back to our team now! :)
Makes sense. Our tests have found there's not a significant IC variation when comparing a 412 full of G12M greenbacks vs V30s for example. An oversized Mesa with EVs? Yep there's a shift, but the same trends always apply and static load with the right IRs can always get the job done.