Eleven Rack or Laney LC30-II through dummy load with speaker simulation?

[Filipe Marquez]

Hey guys, i wanted to ask you: - How would i get a better valve tone, using Eleven Rack (which i don't have) or buying a dummy load with a simulated speaker out for my amp?

I ask this cause i never really use it for i live in an apartment, but as i love it's tone so much, i'm thinking of buying the dummy load with the speaker out, one that you can disable the speaker.

My only concern is that this will actually sound worse than modelers, so i have to ask, is this true? Have you guys tried the load/sim with a valve amp and found the simulators was better?

Thanks!

 

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Eleven Rack or Laney LC30-II through dummy load with speaker simulation?

The Eleven racks success is also going to depend on what you play it through. The only way to get a good valve tone is valves at high volume. BUT you can get some really cool other tones in other ways. An Eleven rack through cheesy computer speakers wont make you think tube tone either. Put it through a nice power amp and some good studio monitors and it will probably blow your skirt up.