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SJB wrote:8 Inch speaker - not much of an area delivering sound.
The Vox AC15 has one speaker - delivering 15 Watts.
The AC30 has two speakers - each delivering 15 Watts.
So the loudness off each speaker is the same. The Ac30 will not be twice as loud - (trying to think of the engineering reason - long time ago - so possibly AC30 is 15% louder)
Stu's Dad wrote:I've got a Marshall Acoustic amp, the AS50D, and I use it succesfully as an FRFR device. With a Joyo Actone and/or a Zoom G7.1ut I can easily get the full range of Hank/Shadows tones. I notice that it only has 8 inch speakers - two of them in stereo - and a tweeter. At one time I considered trading up to the 100w version, until I found that it's got exactly the same speaker configuration. I know that 50 or 100 watts in a solid state amp is not the same as it would be in a valve amp, but it's still pretty loud and I just don't understand how 8 inch speakers can handle that kind of volume.
Len
dave robinson wrote:I can tell you of my latest trials using the Headrush 8" & 12" speakers with the Joyo AC Tone along with various echo boxes, including the TVS3, Atlantis, Strymon Volante and Zoom G5n & Tone Lab LE.
To say that I am amazed would be an understatement, you have to plug in and play and experience it for yourself to believe what you're hearing. Every one of my echo options sounded fantastic using the Joyo AC Tone to shape the sound, as I did the same thing with the Zoom and Vox Tone Lab, but without the AC Tone, as it isn't needed there.
I can tell you that on the strength of this I have sold (at a profit) my Fender Deluxe & Twin Reverb Tone Masters which I think are very good, but no longer needed.
I have a 90s Fender 2 x 10 Princeton Chorus that is light enough and sounds great also, giving me the option of still using an amp should I so wish. I actually prefer the sound of the old Princeton to the new Tone Masters' as I can dial in the 'grit' of the AC 30 if I so wish. I can DI from the Princeton into the Headrush if we need more level, so all bases are covered, but the main reason I went back to my Princeton is it's compatibility with the TVS3 & Atlantis, they each sound amazing. The 'grit' from the amp really compliments the very authentic echo from the TVS3 and you'd swear I was playing the Meazzi/AC30 combination. How do I know ? Because I have them side by side to compare.
So on I go with this wonderful journey, this massive learning curve. I never thought it possible to be so enthusiastic at this time of life but all I can say is that since buying my TVS3 and Meazzi Echomatic, I have learned how to make the most humble of effects pedals sound closer than ever before. Long may it continue.
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