Two Notes Reload II, with "Celestion-Approved Load"

[Blix]

Yeah specs looks killer, and stereo!
I had the original Reload, while it was a game changer™ for me to be able to record an amp silently, the built in power amps was pretty weak, and when I later got the Suhr Load I also noticed the load itself didn't sound as good as the Suhr.
Hopefully they fixed that.

 

[EOengineer]

If there’s anything I’ve wanted in life, it’s a versatile load.

Whoever is writing their marketing material is laughing their balls off right now.

EDIT: OMG that promo video. I fell off the couch when the guitarist does the high leg kick. In the studio. That’s…a thing.

 

[Southpaw-DD]

EDIT: OMG that promo video. I fell off the couch when the guitarist does the high leg kick. In the studio. That’s…a thing.

Giving Cooper Carter some competition with the guitar stance/moves!

 

[Humbug]

I’d like to see a measurement of the reactive load before I get too excited. It does look neat.

I think it will be comparable to the Captors, etc. It's nice and generic sounding and works with all the DynIRs.

 

[EOengineer]

I think it will be comparable to the Captors, etc. It's nice and generic sounding and works with all the DynIRs.

Two Notes takes a beating over the accuracy of their reactive load compared to other competing products. It would be a catastrophic oversight for them to have not addressed that in a series II product.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I’m gonna politely disagree here. Two Notes takes a beating over the accuracy of their reactive load compared to other competing products. It would be a catastrophic oversight for them to have not addressed that in a series II product.

The Captor vs. the Suhr was night and day for me.

 

[eggpl@nt]

I’m gonna politely disagree here. Two Notes takes a beating over the accuracy of their reactive load compared to other competing products. It would be a catastrophic oversight for them to have not addressed that in a series II product.

Yeah, “comparable to the Captors” is not a selling point to me. If there’s a name for “the opposite of a selling point,” it’s that.

 

[Humbug]

I’m gonna politely disagree here. Two Notes takes a beating over the accuracy of their reactive load compared to other competing products. It would be a catastrophic oversight for them to have not addressed that in a series II product.

The challenge in this case with a proper speaker impedance curve is that some of the DynIRs are not going to sound right. I don't think they'll risk that. Second option, I suppose, is a modest approximation of a speaker impedance curve to get some dynamics going in the low end. We'll see when someone with the proper equipment gets one and measures it :) I expect there to be a thread by @James Freeman on modifying one eventually

 

[QQQ]

Yeah, “comparable to the Captors” is not a selling point to me. If there’s a name for “the opposite of a selling point,” it’s that.

Purchase deterrent?

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think it will be comparable to the Captors, etc. It's nice and generic sounding and works with all the DynIRs.

According to the TW at TOP, it’s completely redesigned from the ground up, with Celestion’s input. Which is good, because the Captor X load sucked balls.

 

[paisleywookiee]

From TOP, I went there so you don’t have to.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

What about the cabinet used? The impedance curve is more than just the speaker….

Hopefully they’re able to give a more specific answer.

 

[paisleywookiee]

What about the cabinet used? The impedance curve is more than just the speaker….

Hopefully they’re able to give a more specific answer.

You're going to make me go back again?

 

[JiveTurkey]

I think there is a rep here? @AmyTwonotes

 

[paisleywookiee]

What about the cabinet used? The impedance curve is more than just the speaker….

Hopefully they’re able to give a more specific answer.

Thanks for getting back to me and another great question! No, this is a replication of the speaker impedance. Let me know if you need anything else.

Hmm. You'll know more than me on this, but it sounds weird that it's just the speaker.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

You're going to make me go back again?

 

[dbagchee]

This reminds me I still need to check Genome out.

 

[EOengineer]

From TOP, I went there so you don’t have to.

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Thanks for chasing down this info. I can’t say I love that answer. Averaging the impedance curve likely just produces a mountain of “this isn’t accurate to X speaker” which feels like the opposite direction they should be heading if they want to stay in the game at this point?

I’m sure there are reasons this isn’t happening already, but we really need is something with variable control of that curve. Even being able to switch between Greenback and V30 would be a huge step forward.

I guess we will see if they've managed to pull it off.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Just Hire Cliff™

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Just need to find a good sounding cab that is similar to what the majority of people who’d benefit from using a load box would use (i.e big loud fuckers) and then make it respond like that. Doesn’t need to imitate an imaginary Celestion approved conceptual speaker suspended in a vacuum.