Wampler Pedalhead
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Karl Houseknecht
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I'm struggling with the concept here. If the Pedalhead is implementing a speaker impedance curve, and my modeler is also implementing a speaker impedance curve, am I doubling up on speaker impedance curves here?
Would I have to turn off power amp modeling on my modeler? I know I can do that on the Fractal units, but I don't think Stadium allows for that currently.
Why wouldn't I use my modeler's power amp modeling? Am I supposed to offload all power amp and cab modeling to the pedal? Seems like that would be an issue since I normally route that kind of thing internal on the modeler to different outputs.
Would I have to turn off power amp modeling on my modeler? I know I can do that on the Fractal units, but I don't think Stadium allows for that currently.
Why wouldn't I use my modeler's power amp modeling? Am I supposed to offload all power amp and cab modeling to the pedal? Seems like that would be an issue since I normally route that kind of thing internal on the modeler to different outputs.
Boudoir Guitar
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Agree. Cool pedal for use with preamps though!
Yes either you offload all the modeling, which is way better on the pedalhead than any modeler could ever be having access to the real current flowing in the speaker, or there is a modeler mode you can choose on the pedalhead where the response is going to be closer to an hi fi tube amp.
Karl Houseknecht
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So in that mode, I could keep the power amp modeling enabled on my modeler?
Boudoir Guitar
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Yeah, and have the output of your modeler then go through another round of A/D/A conversion in the Wampler so that its solid state power amp can sound like a hi-fi tube amp...
Chocol8
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Yes, you'll loose 0.4 to 0.8 additional ms latency but you'll gain way more.
At that point I'll ditch the modeler for a tube preamp, but that's me!
Boudoir Guitar
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Couldn’t agree more, actually.
maddnotez
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This makes this the absolute winner without question for me, as I use 16 ohm cabs.
I am new to this landscape, and primarily have been the tube amp/cab/mic guy. I just picked up a Tonex One and an AM4 to decide on a backup rig. So my question is about the power rating to use with cabs. I know it has been discussed but the "equivalent to a 50w/60/w tube power amp" seems a little catch phrase-ish, if you will. I do not have as much knowledge as others will on watts and when I do a basic search I am seeing A 200W solid-state power amp is generally equivalent in perceived loudness and headroom to a 50w-100w tube amp.
I am TLDR asking is this thing LOUD?
Also, what is the estimated release date if you can share and if I missed it?
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