The ULTIMATE Reactive Load Comparison! (vs REAL speaker)

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Gear used in this video:
Valiant Jupiter
Lichtlaerm Audio Prometheus
Fractal Audio LB-2 X-Load
St. Rock React:IR II
RedSeven Amp Central
Driftwood Reactive Load
Two Notes Captor X
Two Notes Reload II
Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander Core
Fryette PS-100 Power Station
Grossmann Fatbox iso cab
Celestion Vintage 30
Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421 Kompakt mics
Cubase 13 Pro
Toontrack Superior Drummer 3
Klotz Cables & DI Box
Kreative Devices Laptop
IK Multimedia iLoud MTM Precision studio monitors

An original song of mine with me on vocals:    • My First Song w/Vocals In 8 Years!  

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Timecodes:
00:00 What I learned about reactive loads vs a real speaker shocked me!
00:58 We need to compare an IR to a real speaker first...
01:19 IR vs real mic'ed speaker comparison
03:13 Signal flow, gear and IR details
04:08 What about the sonic differences between the IR and speaker?
06:09 What is a reactive load?
06:51 About impedance curves
07:26 Differences in features between them all
07:44 1x12 vs 4x12 impedance curve
08:15 About the 8 different load boxes and some quick extra info
10:04 Comparison: Fractal Audio LB-2 with IR vs the real speaker cab
10:48 Isolated guitars segment
11:44 Fractal Audio LB-2 thoughts and observations
12:39 About the RedSeven Amp Central (EVO)
13:50 Comparison: RedSeven Amp Central with IR vs the real speaker cab
14:33 Isolated guitars segment
15:29 RedSeven Amp Central thoughts and observations
15:55 About the St. Rock React:IR II
16:16 Comparison: St. Rock React:IR II vs the real speaker cab
16:59 Isolated guitars segment
17:55 St. Rock React:IR II thoughts and observations
18:23 About the Driftwood Reactive Load
18:37 Comparison: Driftwood Reactive Load vs the real speaker cab
19:21 Isolated guitars segment
20:16 Driftwood Reactive Load thoughts and observations
20:49 About the Two Notes Captor X
21:12 Comparison: Two Notes Captor X vs the real speaker cab
21:55 Isolated guitars segment
22:51 Two Notes Captor thoughts and observations
23:24 About the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander Core
23:44 Comparison: Boss Waza TAEC vs the real speaker cab
24:28 Isolated guitars segment
25:23 Boss Waza TAEC thoughts and observations
26:18 Comparison: Boss Waza TAEC w/speaker vs amp with speaker only
27:01 Isolated guitars segment
27:57 Thoughts and observations
28:19 About the Two Notes Reload II
28:44 Comparison: Two Notes Reload II vs the real speaker cab
29L28 Isolated guitars segment
30:23 Two Notes Reload II thoughts and observations
31:16 Comparison: Two Notes Reload II w/speaker vs amp + speaker
31:59 Isolated guitars segment
32:54 Thoughts and observations
33:16 About the Fryette PS-100 Power Station
33:43 Comparison: Fryette PS-100 vs the real speaker cab
34:26 Isolated guitars segment
35:22 Thoughts and observations
36:13 Fryette PS-100 w/speaker vs amp + speaker
36:56 Isolated guitars segment
37:52 Thoughts and observations
38:05 Final thoughts & conclusions