I've been wondering about how the Suhr Reactive Load compares to my speaker cabs as an output presented to my tube amps.
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| Suhr Reactive Load (Green) vs V30/H75 in my Jet City 2x12 (Blue) |
I used a Dayton Audio DATS V3 to take some measurements to compare the impedance curves of various speaker configurations vs the Suhr Reactive Load. The Suhr Reactive Load is meant to mimic a Marshall 4x12 with Greenbacks as a reference. I was surprised how close its impedance curve compared to my Vintage 30/Creamback H75 combination (illustrated above).
I am looking into recording my tube amps with speaker loads when my playing environment is favorable to loud noise. The Suhr Reactive Load + IRs will continue to be tools that I utilize, but there is excitement in pushing air and moving microphones.
For those times that I cannot turn my amps up, my plan is to capture my amps in NAM with a speaker load.
Varying speaker impedance curves is something I already explore in my Fractal FM3. Adding the contribution of my speakers to my digital tones via NAM is the next logical step.
