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The consensus is that the FRFR Speakers are the most practical, but can sound sterile and you should really use a Valve Power stage without Cab Emulation to get the right sound.
SS Power Amps are somewhere in between, supposedly worse than Valve.
More recently, I used a Fishman acoustic guitar amp (SS Power) to amplify an FX100 for practice sessions.
I don't use a modeller any more, though.
Until this week when I tried something just by chance. I'd been considering just throwing my Line6 HD500 away because the thing is so annoying. But on whim tried something different with it.
I plugged it into the AUX input of my Orange Micro Terror. This way it was only using the power amp of the little amp. And for the first time in as long as I can remember the HD500 sounded really good though my 2x12. I had been thinking of buying an EHX 44 Magnum. But the Micro Terror is actually less expensive and it seems to work really well as a power-amp only option. Obviously you'd want something beefier for an un-miced gig, but for home practice I'm really surprised how well it works.
I did need to find a 1/4" to 3.5mm adapters as the AUX input into the Micro Terror is 3.5mm. But otherwise this was a pretty cool option . I also realised - though haven't tried it - that using an A/B pedal into the amp's input and AUX would be an easy way of switching between a clean and dirty sound from the amp.
Must try my Zoom G3 into the Micro Terror's AUX input next.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Is there anything like the Magnum44 that is a bit more...serious?
Sounds awesome.
11rack, Boogie preamp in 11r fx loop. rocktron power amp, Marshall 4x12 (picking up on Sunday, till then JetCity 2x12)
It sounds great and it's fekking loud.
It's a Tecamp Puma 300 - which only weighs 2.2 lb.
https://speakerimpedance.co.uk/?act=two_parallel&page=calculator
If you plugged a modeller into the FX return of an Amp1 I think you'd still have the nanotube in the signal chain, but to buy one just to do that seems daft, like you say.
Someone was listening. There's a more powerful head version as well. Don't know when you can actually buy one though.