Has anyone tried these universal audio amp sim pedals?

[donaldr]

I was just minutes before pulling the trigger for my first all tube amp, and probably I will because I feel in love with its sound when tried it, but I feel intrigued by this. I don't play in venues, just with friends and family parties. What will a person like me who wants to enjoy the "amp in the room sound" would miss if I played let's say a UA Lion into a FRFR like Fender FR-12 for example?

Can you crank a tube amp to its sweet spot in those friends and family parties? If yes then get a real tube amp, if not then get a modeler with an FRFR speaker. Or if you are going to get a Fender Deluxe Reverb, then have a listen to the Fender Tonemaster Deluxe Reverb, it's a modelling combo and the sound can be attenuated to your playing situations. If you have money get both

A modeler in an FRFR speaker will never be like a crank tube amp in the room, mainly because you are earring the sound at different points in the live/recording chain (amp/cab vs amp/cab/mic/preamp/frfr). They are both good and different. A modelling combo would be closer to its real counterpart IMHO, one being better than the other depending of the situation (high volume vs low volume as an example).